About the Art of Love or a Film with 14441 Frames
โ 6 ยท 1972 ยท 11m ยท Documentary
Godina was ordered to make a short film glorifying the army, but instead made a film about making love, not war. The censors hacked it up, but he managed to save one complete copy.
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