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Round and round the camera goes in joyous circles, spiraling downward from pleasure to terror.; "An early work by Chicago's best known experimental filmmaker, O exemplifies Tom [Palazzolo]'s fascination with American performance and his well known documentary style. Based on ideas from Baroque painting, O refers to a center point in the frame around which weightless circus performers swirl and vapid car race attendees run. In the words of the artist; 'Low class stuff has always attracted me... Its accessibility. Anywhere you can pop in with a camera and not intimidate people.'" - San Francisco Cinematheque Program Notes Booklet, 1996.; First prize, Bellevue Experimental Film Festival, 1967; First prize, Art Institute of Chicago film contest, 1967