David Wojnarowicz Movies

  • 1991
    Bust

    Bust

    Bust

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    A close up head and shoulders of David Wojnarowicz, is the only image. He speaks with characteristic candor and ferocity about his experience being a...

    Bust
  • 1988
    Super 8

    Super 8

    Super 8

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    Recreated from existing Super-8 films and audio collage by David Wojnarowicz.

    Super 8
  • 1985
    You Killed Me First

    You Killed Me First

    You Killed Me First

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    Elizabeth bristles at the religious directives of her parents, asserting her right to personhood outside demure hairstyles and turkey dinners,...

    You Killed Me First
  • 2023
    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

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    Filmed in 1983 in New York at Pier 34, this film takes place at an abandoned storehouse which was left at the mercy of the elements and open to...

    Relax Be Cruel
  • 1988
    Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

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    Beautiful People was one of the last films David Wojnarowicz made before his death. The film follows Jesse Hultberg as he makes himself up in drag...

    Beautiful People
  • 1985
    Stray Dogs

    Stray Dogs

    Stray Dogs

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    A fan tries to get an artist's attention by literally coming apart.

    Stray Dogs
  • 1987
    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

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    Immediately after David’s friend and mentor, photographer Peter Hujar, died of AIDS in a New York hospital on November 26, 1987, David took...

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)
  • 2021
    Summer '89

    Summer '89

    Summer '89

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    In the summer of 1989 Marion, David and François Pain took a camera with them to the Adirondacks lakes region of New York State. Passing it...

    Summer '89
  • 1978
    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

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    1978–79. Slideshow, approx. 7 min. Courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W, New York.

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York
  • 1990
    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz

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    Phil Zwickler interviews David Wojnarowicz about a NEA project grant for a gallery show.

    Phil Interviews David Wojnarowicz
  • 1981
    Cockabunnies

    Cockabunnies

    Cockabunnies

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    In 1981, David Wojnarowicz befriended twenty-one year-old Sophie Breer, an artist and co-worker at the Peppermint Lounge. David delighted Breer at...

    Cockabunnies
  • 1989
    All I can feel is the pressure

    All I can feel is the pressure

    All I can feel is the pressure

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    David Wojnarowicz speaking before his death. Tens pounds of pressure, tens pounds of rage

    All I can feel is the pressure