Sam Taylor-Johnson Movies

  • 2004
    David

    David

    David

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    Simply lit from one light source (the lamp in the Madrid hotel room where it was shot) and shot in a single long take after Beckham finished...

    David
  • 1999
    Third Party

    Third Party

    Third Party

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    As Harold Pinter famously said, Taylor-Johnson is 'the weasel under the cocktail cabinet' at this particular party. The erotic undercurrents between...

    Third Party
  • 1994
    Pent-Up

    Pent-Up

    Pent-Up

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    The interior monologues of five characters are made audible, giving way to a host of efforts on the part of the viewer to create connections or...

    Pent-Up
  • 2005
    After Van Halen

    After Van Halen

    After Van Halen

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    The graceful, ephemeral longing highlighted in this work is brought back down to earth with the title – after Van Halen's Jump. Single-screen...

    After Van Halen
  • 1998
    Method in Madness

    Method in Madness

    Method in Madness

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    1998 Sam Taylor-Wood video art piece featuring a dude goin' nuts

    Method in Madness
  • 1970
    Middlesex

    Middlesex

    Middlesex

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    Middlesex
  • 2008
    Three Minute Round

    Three Minute Round

    Three Minute Round

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    Three Minute Round depicts the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, in the moments after defeating their rivals in separate championship boxing...

    Three Minute Round
  • 2006
    The Last Century

    The Last Century

    The Last Century

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    In her film The Last Century (2006), what appears to be a static image of a group of people slowly reveals itself to be a real, filmed take, timed to...

    The Last Century
  • 2016
    The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

    The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

    The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

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    Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person...

    The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
  • 2002
    Prelude in Air

    Prelude in Air

    Prelude in Air

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    2002 Sam Taylor-Wood short video art piece featuring a man playing an imaginary string instrument.

    Prelude in Air
  • 2019
    A Million Little Pieces

    A Million Little Pieces

    A Million Little Pieces

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    A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

    A Million Little Pieces
  • 1998
    Noli Me Tangere

    Noli Me Tangere

    Noli Me Tangere

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    The title of this piece is the well-known warning of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection. It translates to Touch me not. This biblical...

    Noli Me Tangere
  • 1995
    Travesty of a Mockery

    Travesty of a Mockery

    Travesty of a Mockery

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    A 10 minute film that depicts a man and a woman having an argument. This domestic drama is enacted simultaneously on two separate projected...

    Travesty of a Mockery
  • 1995
    Brontosaurus

    Brontosaurus

    Brontosaurus

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    Informed by cinematic and documentary traditions, Taylor-Johnson has been working with photography, film and video in London since the early 1990s....

    Brontosaurus
  • 2007
    That White Rush

    That White Rush

    That White Rush

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    Sam Taylor-Wood says she can't believe the silly questions that people keep asking about her latest work, presented in the Ukrainian pavilion. That...

    That White Rush
  • 2002
    A Little Death

    A Little Death

    A Little Death

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    Taylor-Johnson updates traditional still life imagery. What seems at first to be a quiet arrangement of a dead hare and peach on a table starts to...

    A Little Death
  • 2006
    Death Valley

    Death Valley

    Death Valley

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    Death Valley is recognised as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and one of the hottst places on earth. The rocks tell a story of endless...

    Death Valley
  • 1997
    Sustaining the Crisis

    Sustaining the Crisis

    Sustaining the Crisis

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    The Swedish actress Amanda Ooms, who appeared in several of Taylor-Johnson's early works, is here juxtaposed with a man who is filmed separately....

    Sustaining the Crisis
  • 2003
    Strings

    Strings

    Strings

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    A string quartet, dressed in black tie, seated in an arc that curves away from the viewer, play part of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 2 in F major...

    Strings