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Meet Harrod Blank

Seven Second Love Affair

52m

Directed by Robert Abel • 1965 • United States

SEVEN SECOND LOVE AFFAIR marked legendary filmmaker Les Blank’s first documentary photography job shooting drag racers in Long Beach, California. Driving everything from hopped up Mercs to supercharged Rail Dragsters, these daredevil drivers could accelerate to over 220 miles per hour in a mile. Featuring an original score by blues-rock greats Canned Heat, this vivid look at a singular subculture zooms in on one driver in particular, Rick “The Iceman” Stewart, as he attempts to grab the world’s speed record.

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