Aryan Kaganof Movies

  • 1998
    Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow

    Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow

    Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow

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    Documentary about and with the Japanese electronic composer and artist Merzbow.

    Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow
  • 2007
    The Third Aktion

    The Third Aktion

    The Third Aktion

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    South African auteur Aryan Kaganof plunders George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Alain Resnais' L'année dernière...

    The Third Aktion
  • 2002
    Pale Blue Eyes

    Pale Blue Eyes

    Pale Blue Eyes

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    This is an ultra rare and unreleased 6 1/2 minute Aryan Kaganof short that was shot in Amsterdam in 1992 but not edited together until 2002 after the...

    Pale Blue Eyes
  • 2003
    DIABELLI VARIATION XXXIII

    DIABELLI VARIATION XXXIII

    DIABELLI VARIATION XXXIII

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    (South Africa, 17 July 2003, 5min, DV) This short film is a collaboration of Aryan Kaganof and Nicola Deane (director of photography) and part of...

    DIABELLI VARIATION XXXIII
  • 2004
    “Nique ta mère!”

    “Nique ta mère!”

    “Nique ta mère!”

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    “Nique ta mère!” (2004) is a 'Radikal-Re:Mix' of Kaganof's own Georges Bataille adaptation The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man...

    “Nique ta mère!”
  • 2004
    Self-Portrait With Nanny

    Self-Portrait With Nanny

    Self-Portrait With Nanny

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    Self-portrait with Nanny (2004) is a gem from last year. The faded images of Kaganof as a baby put to retro burlesque music are a reference to the...

    Self-Portrait With Nanny
  • 2001
    Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

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    While still living in Amsterdam under his birth name 'Ian Kerkhof,' Aryan Kaganof co-penned the script for his friends Victor Nieuwenhuijs and...

    Venus in Furs
  • 2007
    A Symbolic Exchange

    A Symbolic Exchange

    A Symbolic Exchange

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    “A man thinks when he touches a woman’s body it is only her body he is touching. It really is her soul, her brain, her creative...

    A Symbolic Exchange
  • 1991
    Bloodbath

    Bloodbath

    Bloodbath

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    1991 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof

    Bloodbath
  • 2003
    Nicola's First Orgasm

    Nicola's First Orgasm

    Nicola's First Orgasm

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    “We cannot abstain from watching the revelation of a being that would be an object neither for herself nor for any other gaze and yet which...

    Nicola's First Orgasm
  • 1992
    Kyodai Makes the Big Time

    Kyodai Makes the Big Time

    Kyodai Makes the Big Time

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    "Love is the only thing subject to negotiation in feature film debut which betrays admiration for the formal rigidity of Straub and Zwartjes." "The...

    Kyodai Makes the Big Time
  • 1995
    Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Rape Me!

    Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Rape Me!

    Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Rape Me!

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    The film follows three rapists in South Africa, who live in a rape culture. Sexual, verbal, political, moral and psychological rape is common...

    Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Rape Me!
  • 1990
    Crash

    Crash

    Crash

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    1990 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof

    Crash
  • 2001
    Western 4.33

    Western 4.33

    Western 4.33

    02001HD

    Vertiginous documentary, shot in effective black-and-white, treats two painful histories. The first is a love story about a truck driver who, on his...

    Western 4.33
  • 2004
    A Sacrifice

    A Sacrifice

    A Sacrifice

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    A SACRIFICE (South Africa, 2003, 13min19sec, 16mm/DVcam) A re-mix of the experimental classic CORRIDOR (1970) by Standish Lawder, with music by...

    A Sacrifice
  • 2002
    Primal Scene

    Primal Scene

    Primal Scene

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    PRIMAL SCENE: in Freudian analysis the traumatic moment when the child sees its parents engaged in sexual intercourse for the first time. Short film...

    Primal Scene
  • 1995
    Matthew Barney: Creating Stories

    Matthew Barney: Creating Stories

    Matthew Barney: Creating Stories

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    Filmmaker Aryan Kaganof goes behind the scenes of Matthew Barney's impossible to find short "March of the Anal Sadistic Warrior (1998)."

    Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
  • 2003
    Sharp, Sharp! - The Kwaito Story

    Sharp, Sharp! - The Kwaito Story

    Sharp, Sharp! - The Kwaito Story

    02003HD

    This documentary explores kwaito music developed in South Africa in the late 1990s and includes interviews with musicians, DJ's and producers as well...

    Sharp, Sharp! - The Kwaito Story
  • 1970
    The Body Conquers The Invisible Territory of the Soul

    The Body Conquers The Invisible Territory of the Soul

    The Body Conquers The Invisible Territory of the Soul

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    There is nothing you can do about it. You are overwhelmed with images. They carry you away. they replace you, you are dreaming. The spectacle is life...

    The Body Conquers The Invisible Territory of the Soul
  • 1998
    Signal to Noise

    Signal to Noise

    Signal to Noise

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    Short documentary on Japanese noise artist Merzbow by South African filmmaker Aryan Kaganof. Filmed on location at the Kamakura Temple, Japan, 1997.

    Signal to Noise