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Speed of Light

Brian Hansen’s Speed of Light (1980) is a strange, surreal 40-minute 16mm short about a neurotic blonde-bewigged mother and her young Oreo-munching daughter on a harrowing road trip across Central Texas in a beautiful red T-bird convertible. Speed of Light — using Apollo mission footage later seen in For All Mankind (1989) — was Hansen’s graduate thesis film and stars Sally Norvell, who memorably played “Nurse Bibs” in German auteur Wim Wenders’s film Paris, Texas.

English
  • Runtime 31 minutes
  • Special Position Airs after season 2022
  • Special is Critical to Show's Story No
  • Created May 18, 2023 by
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  • Modified May 18, 2023 by
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