Tar Pits Film

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woman director short film experimental

Tar Pits Film

Release Date: January 01, 2006

Year	:	2006
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Director	:	Jennifer West
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RunTime	:	3 mins.

Tar pits form as petroleum seeps to the surface through fissures in the Earth’s crust, leaving viscous asphalt pools. To make Tar Pits Film, Jennifer West threw a strip of film into the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, still-bubbling asphalt pools which have seeped from the ground for tens of thousands of years. The film was then ridden over hot asphalt by a motorcycle and drenched in other substances including thick mayonnaise and body lotion.