# Where to watch Action at a Distance (1980) in the UK

> Action at a Distance (1980) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 14 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

**Type:** Film  
**Year:** 1980  
**Runtime:** 35 minutes  
**Region:** United Kingdom (GB)  
**Last verified:** 14 May 2026 (2026-05-14T22:06:04.988Z)  

## Synopsis

In Gidal's films, the first level of resistance, that of the filmmaker to the lure of the object, is chiefly inscribed through the action of the camera in it's 'looking at' the space - variously through; motion, distance, focal length's effect on perspective, zoom or focus. The second level, the attempt to distanciate the spectator from the identification with the enunciator, is chiefly inscribed through devices like; repetition, graining out or darkening out of the image in printing, or disruptions in the flow of images and motion. It is particularly in the devices of the second level of distanciation - the effects on the screen of 'material flatness, grain, light movement' where Gidal, in an attempt to produce a condition for the spectator of response to the film, rather than identification with the filmmaker, that he has recourse to those features 'intrinsic' to film.

## Streaming options in the United Kingdom

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**Where can I watch Action at a Distance in the UK?**

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