
The Awful Backlash
“In their starkly minimal film, The Awful Backlash, directors Robert Nelson and William Allan, focus solely on a pair of hands as they begin to unravel what appears to be a tangled fishing line. Any further evidence of the title’s confusing ‘awfulness’ – other than the literal disentanglement of the line remains, however, tentative, left as it were, literally, at a loose end. The viewer knows nothing of the incident that led to this backlash or entanglement; nor of the directors’ initial motive for the title indeed not of any other attempt at blending an additional storyline beyond what is seen. There is, perhaps, one link with a reverse reaction – a sense of gradual recovery taking place, as the thread unfolds from a position of multiplicity back to a singular line.” (Pamela Kember, Rethinking Refunctioning, ‘Awful Backlash’ catalogue, May 2000) Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.
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- Released
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- Language
- EN
Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical13 Aug 1967
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- When was The Awful Backlash released?
- The Awful Backlash was released on 13 August 1967.
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- Who directed The Awful Backlash?
- The Awful Backlash (1967) was directed by Robert Nelson.
- How long is The Awful Backlash?
- The Awful Backlash runs for 14m.












