I had a tremendous horror of going into the Army. That is probably why I went to college for so long.

Films
His innovative technique of skillfully montaged shots from pre-existing borrowed or found footage can be seen in his first film A MOVIE (1958). " Generally these works do not have precise meanings but some of them suggest what Conner saw as the discarded beauty of modern America the deforming impact of society on the individual violence against women and consumerism.

Bruce Conner (November 18 1933 – July 7 2008) was an American artist renowned for his work in assemblage film drawing sculpture painting collage and photography among other disciplines.