Movies: Arts Council Of Great Britain
- 1993
Blue (1993)
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Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, both literally and allegorically, together with an exploration of the me...
- 1979
Correction, Please: or, How We Got into the Pictures (1979)
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Experimental essay in film history, associating very early archive material (circa 1909) and studio shot footage in an attempt to provide insights into the way in which "film language" developed during the silent era, with emphasis on the process by ...
- 1978
Vertical Features Remake (1978)
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Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt to assemble raw footage taken by ornithologist Tulse Luper into a short film, in accordance with his n...
- 1987
Uranium Hex (1987)
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A memory-using location film of a stay with a uranium mining community. Using a kaleidoscopic array of experimental techniques, this film explores uranium mining in Canada and its destructive effects on both the environment and the women working in ...
- 1978
Landscape From A Dream (1978)
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Documentary profile of English artist, Paul Nash....
- 1991
Slow Glass (1991)
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From the idea that glass, even when cooled, is a liquid that changes in appearance over time, an offscreen narrator launches a recollection of the bygone days of manual glassmaking and an observation of the impact of the mass-produced glass on the ch...
- 1983
A Sign is a Fine Investment (1983)
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Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising films from 1897 to 1960. Places advertising in the context of historical events and everyday life, ar...
- 1983
Jeff Keen Films (1983)
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An engaging and enlightening documentary about Jeff Keen shown on Channel 4 in 1983. Features Keen performing in front of his film projections as well as talking about and showing his work in different media....
- 1979
Steel 'n' Skin (1979)
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Peter Blackman, founder of Steel 'n' Skin, talks about this pan-African group, which takes African culture to British schools. The film follows the group during a ten day workshop in Liverpool....
- 1994
Artwar (1994)
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This version of Artwar builds from performances with paper masks and implements and various sequences of gunfire....
- 1981
The World of Gilbert & George (1981)
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Gilbert & George are renowned for presenting themselves as ‘living sculptures,’ fusing their art and identity with the external world. Their exploration of the bleak urban surrounds of 1980’s London, powerfully evoke the desires and tensions of its d...
- 1967
R.B. Kitaj (1967)
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Biographical short about the American Pop Artist by James Scott...
- 1993
Milk and Glass (1993)
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In this film an interior landscape is scrutinised, and an apparent rational calm is revealed as suffocating. Milk and Glass is an evocative journey from surface to interior – a black-coated mirror, the hollow of a bowl, a cavernous throat; a brush de...
- 1981
Grove Carnival (1981)
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A kaleidoscopic celebration of the 1980 Notting Hill Carnival. Arts Council of Great Britain....
- 1973
The Lacey Rituals (1973)
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Bruce Lacey: 'People used to come and make documentaries about me, but they weren't interested in the day-to-day family life that I found extremely interesting and funny. So I decided to make that film myself. All the members of the family wrote down...
- 1970
Magritte: The False Mirror (1970)
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Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his intentions and anecdotes from his friends Mesens and Scutenaire....
- 1990
Trojans (1990)
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A brief look at the life of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy....
- 1972
Wind Vane (1972)
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Two cameras mounted on tripods with wind vane attachments were positioned about 50 feet apart along an axis of 45 degrees to the direction of the wind. Both cameras were free to pan through 360 degrees in the horizontal plane. There are three continu...
- 1984
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt (1984)
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A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical blend of humour and social comment, are delivered at a fast pace, often with musical backing. His style, and that of his contemporary Linton Kwesi John...
- 1992
Kanga (1992)
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Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion....