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&quot;Crossroads,&quot; a 1976 film directed by Bruce Conner, utilizes footage of nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll. The film, scored by Patrick Gleeson and Terry Riley, will be screened Tuesday at the James Bridges Theater as part of Melnitz Movies. (Magnolia Editions)

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Q&amp;A: Composer Patrick Gleeson talks film-scoring, &#039;Crossroads&#039; legacy - Daily Bruin

Q&#038;A: Composer Patrick Gleeson talks film-scoring, &#8216;Crossroads&#8217; legacy

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Bohemian artists and beatniks flocked to San Francisco in droves during the 1950s and 1960s. At the height of this wave of migration, legendary avant-garde filmmaker Bruce Conner made the city his home and began creating filmic assemblages that juxtaposed snippets of archived footage set to music.

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Q&A: Composer Patrick Gleeson talks film-scoring, ‘Crossroads’ legacy

By Ian Colvin

Nov. 18, 2014 1:25 a.m.