Crystal Voyager
Clip 3: Tubular ecstasy
3 min 0 sec
Taken from the documentary Crystal Voyager (1973)
Original title classification G – this clip chosen to be G
Availability of the complete title
Curator’s clip description
Echoes is a 23-minute film within the film, composed entirely of George Greenough’s footage from inside the curl of the wave – the legendary ‘green room’. The camera, with specially designed wide-angle lens, was usually mounted on his back, or on the front of his kneeboard.
Curator’s notes
This footage was a revelation when first shown – no one had ever captured so much of the beauty and power of waves. Pink Floyd’s song gives the film a powerful emotional pull.
Paul Byrnes, curator
have teachers’ notes.
