Keith Sanborn Movies

  • 1988
    A Public Appearance and a Statement

    A Public Appearance and a Statement

    A Public Appearance and a Statement

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    In one incredibly long take we see the arrival and disappearance of John Kennedy's body as it is delivered from Dallas aboard Air Force One.

    A Public Appearance and a Statement
  • 2000
    For the Birds

    For the Birds

    For the Birds

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    Part three of a cycle of digital video works I'm beginning to call-after Bataille-«Theory of religion, theory of ecstasy.» The other two...

    For the Birds
  • 1982
    Palace of Error

    Palace of Error

    Palace of Error

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    “A theory discourse among three participants, enacted in silhouette.” –Tony Conrad

    Palace of Error
  • 2023
    Slow Death

    Slow Death

    Slow Death

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    A slow four-part film on death and the persistence of the dead. Where ignorant armies clash by night: the dolphin-torn and gong-tormented sea.

    Slow Death
  • 2001
    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)

    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)

    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)

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    A philosophical dream narrative, structured around conceptions and representations of the reversibility and irreversibility of time and desire. The...

    Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)
  • 1991
    The Gift

    The Gift

    The Gift

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    An experimental film essay on architectural excess, with its aim not functional shelter but conspicuous destruction of wealth

    The Gift
  • 1988
    Fascination

    Fascination

    Fascination

    01988HD

    1980-88, 11 min, 16mm, silent. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives. Separate digital soundtrack accompaniment.

    Fascination
  • 2019
    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation

    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation

    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation

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    2019, 1 min, digital

    One Minute for Jonas on the Day of His Occultation
  • 1996
    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn

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    An attempt to problematize ownership and authorship in the age of digital reproduction. Inspired by the Walter Benjamin essay of the same name and...

    The Artwork in the Age of its Mechanical Reproducibility by Walter Benjamin as told to Keith Sanborn