Keith Sanborn Movies

1988
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.
1997
The Vision Machine
The Vision Machine
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Here Ahwesh's heterogeneous textual approach comes to the fore, as she juxtaposes narrative, faux documentary, comedic and "serious" footage, and...
1982
Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life
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Finally, manipulating the "natural" flow of the film image represents another kind of intrinsic interruption. I have in mind such devices as...
1991
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
1986
Something is Seen But One Doesn't Know What
Something is Seen But One Doesn't Know What
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A film by Keith Sanborn
2024
Joan's Studio
Joan's Studio
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An exploration of Joan Jonas’s studio in Nova Scotia in August 2019, by night with torch, but no spear. Special thanks to Peggy Ahwesh for...
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
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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...
1999
The Zapruder Footage: An Investigation of Consensual Hallucination
The Zapruder Footage: An Investigation of Consensual Hallucination
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Various permutations and combinations of the Zapruder footage of the assassination of JFK. Intended as an investigation of the footage as visual,...
2001
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...