T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (Paul Sharits, 1969)

T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G uses flickering frames of solid color juxtaposed with positive and negative still images of a man—sometimes cutting off his own tongue with glitter-covered scissors, sometimes suffering a series of glitter-stained fingernail scratches across the face. The soundtrack is a continuous looped recording of the word “destroy” over the entire length of the film.