Credits

Credits

Muntadas
1984, 27:02 min, color, sound

Description

In Credits, Muntadas' analysis of the media landscape extends to what he terms the "invisible" information behind mass media productions. By isolating the credits of several TV and film productions — The Lawrence Welk Show, ABC's Wide World of Sports, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, among others — from their original context, he demonstrates that the language, sound/music, visuals, graphics, typography, format and rhythm reflect how the producers and producing institutions choose to represent themselves. In a tape that he intends to have no beginning and no end, Muntadas deconstructs and rereads the credits until they become pure information.