Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!
Directed byB. S. Johnson
Directed by
B. S. Johnson
Made in 1968 at the invitation of the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), B.S. Johnson's animated take on Apollinaire's 'Calligrammes' (1918) - precursors of 'concrete' or 'visual' poetry - is both a cheeky two-fingered salute to French Modernism, and an irreverent homage to surrealism.
Last Updated: September 16, 2023