The Atrocity Exhibition (JG Ballard and the Motorcar) [1970]

Duration: 17 minutes Directed by Harely Cokliss (no imdb page exists) and features Ballard talking about some of the ideas which would coalesce into his novel Crash, published in 1973. Intercut with footage of test motor crashes and Ballard himself are semi-dramatised scenes with actress Gabrielle Drake. Remarkably effective and disturbing. PLEASE NOTE:Unfortunately this second film is incomplete (the tape ran out) - I have been unable to find a running time listed anywhere, but it looks like it’s between 2 and 5 mins short (the whole program of both films was no more than about 25 / 30 mins long). James Graham Ballard (18 de noviembre de 1930 - 19 de abril de 2009 ) fue un escritor británico de ciencia ficción. Un gran número de sus escritos describen distopías. Sus primeros cuentos datan de 1956 y en los años 60 se convierte en uno de los autores de referencia de la llamada nueva ola de la ciencia ficción inglesa. Su