Movies

  • 2018
    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy

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    An associative view of the days, nights and characters that enclosed the life of Arthur Janov, which defines in the conclusion "It's never too late...

    Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
  • 1997
    Busy Bodies

    Busy Bodies

    Busy Bodies

    01997HD

    One of Ortiz’s final computer-laser-videos, marking a significant point in his career as an interdisciplinary artist and pioneer of the...

    Busy Bodies
  • 1985
    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    01985HD

    In his film work from the early 1980s, the artist used an Apple computer hooked up to a laser disc player. He scratched the laser disc, creating a...

    The Kiss
  • 1958
    Newsreel

    Newsreel

    Newsreel

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    Randomly spliced pieces of a newsreel featuring notable news from 1946.

    Newsreel
  • 1996
    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    01996HD

    1996 / U-Matic / color-b&w / sound / 1S / 12' 00

    The Conversation
  • 1986
    Couplett

    Couplett

    Couplett

    01986HD

    Raphael Montañez Ortíz manipulates and distorts a scene from the classic film Freaks using digital editing techniques to give the scene...

    Couplett
  • 1986
    The First Born Female Child

    The First Born Female Child

    The First Born Female Child

    01986HD

    Raphael Montañez Ortíz takes a scene of the birth of Jesus taken from the television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth and distorts and...

    The First Born Female Child
  • 1985
    Welcome

    Welcome

    Welcome

    01985HD

    Raphael Montañez Ortíz takes a scene from the film Winchester '73 and creates a redux of his 1958 works 'Cowboy' and 'Indian Film'...

    Welcome
  • 1957
    Golf

    Golf

    Golf

    01957HD

    "Golf" was the result of my attempt to make space in the frame, space that was non-film space, that would take over the film space. With each random...

    Golf
  • 1985
    Dance Number

    Dance Number

    Dance Number

    01985HD

    In his film work from the early 1980s, the artist used an Apple computer hooked up to a laser disc player. He scratched the laser disc, creating a...

    Dance Number
  • 2017
    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release

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    Raphael Montañez Ortiz tells a story about an elderly Jewish couple that didn't watch television or listen to the radio. Instead they used to...

    Couch Destruction: Angel Release
  • 1996
    That's Too Much

    That's Too Much

    That's Too Much

    01996HD

    One of director Ortiz’s final computer-laser-videos, marking a significant point in his career as an interdisciplinary artist and pioneer of...

    That's Too Much
  • 1987
    Man Has Man Has Always

    Man Has Man Has Always

    Man Has Man Has Always

    01987HD

    Raphael Montañez Ortíz cycles through two clips: footage of a rocket launch and a clip of a Wile E. Coyote cartoon and manipulates and...

    Man Has Man Has Always
  • 1986
    I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee

    I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee

    I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee

    01986HD

    Raphael Montañez Ortíz distorts the famous line from Gregory Peck's performance in the 1956 adaptation of Moby Dick using digital...

    I Spent My Last Breathe At Thee
  • 1986
    Pushann Pushann

    Pushann Pushann

    Pushann Pushann

    01986HD

    A several-second passage depicting a woman's agitated face is repeated in a loop that decomposes, distorts and reassembles her expression and gesture...

    Pushann Pushann
  • 1958
    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling

    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling

    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling

    01958HD

    Metaphor on the massacre with the help of diverted images and a very varied soundtrack. The soundtrack was added in 1962.

    Henny Penny: The Sky Is Falling
  • 1991
    Here's Looking At You Kid

    Here's Looking At You Kid

    Here's Looking At You Kid

    01991HD

    A remix film combining elements of found footage and structural filmmaking by combining Humphrey Bogart's quote from Casablanca with found footage of...

    Here's Looking At You Kid
  • 1986
    Stop Stop Stop Stop

    Stop Stop Stop Stop

    Stop Stop Stop Stop

    01986HD

    Raphael Montañez Ortíz distorts scenes from assorted World War II-era newsreels using digital editing technology to create a...

    Stop Stop Stop Stop
  • 1992
    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse

    01992HD

    Similar to the work of Martin Arnold, this outré and charged video-work employs footage from a Stroheim vehicle with film of a woman sexually...

    Our Thoughts Are Made of Clay: The Horsewomyn of the Apocalypse
  • 1991
    Gonna Get Me a Gal

    Gonna Get Me a Gal

    Gonna Get Me a Gal

    01991HD

    1991 / U-Matic / b&w / sound / 1S / 3' 00

    Gonna Get Me a Gal