John Sanborn Movies
- 1981
How to Fly
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A completely nonlinear collage of unconnected scenes.
- 1980
Resolution of the Eye
Resolution of the Eye01980HD
This work explores perception, time and memory, based on the concept that "science has yet to determine the actual resolution of the eye." Using...
- 1990
Infinite Escher
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A boy travels through the world of M.C. Escher.
- 1981
The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies
The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies01981HD
A short survey of the small-gauge narrative film, beginning with the Kuchars' Sylvia's Promise (1962). Primarily focused on East Coast artists, the...
- 2022
Triple Trouble
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In the year 2023, following the death of Randy Rose, the lead singer of The Residents, his son Randy Junior discovers that his father's ashes have...
- 2012
PICO (reMIX)
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A video memoir in which artist John Sanborn explores the seismic artistic upheaval wrought by three great artists: John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, and Nam...
- 2023
The Residents' God in 3 Persons
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Presented from the point of view of Mister X, the quintessential unreliable narrator, God in 3 Persons relates the story of his involvement with a...
- 1988
Endance
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Endance is a witty take-off of a public television documentary. Choreographer Tim Buckley solemnly discusses his life, work, and decision to stop...
- 1984
Perfect Lives
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Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing...
- 1986
Luminare
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Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.
- 2011
The Planets
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The Planets is an epic video feature commissioned by the new music ensemble Relâche. The score took composer Kyle Gann twelve years to complete...
- 1984
Renaissance
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Created in 1984 for the opening of the Computer Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. By Dean Winkler and John Sanborn. Music by Jamaaladen Tacuma.
- 1970
Ear Drums
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Conceived & Performed by David Van Tieghem, Produced & Directed by John Sanborn, 1979
- 2014
ALLoT (A Long List of Things)
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Director John Sanborn attends his 40th high school reunion with a film crew to interview former classmates and gain a measure of closure on some...
- 1981
Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons
Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons01981HD
Buried inside the epic American opera for television, “Perfect Lives” are the boogie-woogie lessons being sold by Buddy to untalented...
- 1991
The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents
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This documentary is a history of The Residents hosted by Penn & Teller. It contains excerpts from most of their videos and some are in their complete...
- 2014
Intemerata
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Italian video producer Magmart asked me to participate in their F.I.V.E. project - a collection of 25 artists exploring the five senses. This series...
- 1981
Static
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Short film by John Sanborn
- 2022
Exquisite Moving Corpse
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The Surrealist, "Exquisite Corpse" was a French Café parlor game. "Exquisite Moving Corpse" is more of an artist chain letter. 60 artists...
- 1978
Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video
Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video01978HD
This is a documentary about video artists Bill & Louise Etra, Woody & Steina Vasulka, and Kit Fitzgerald & John Sanborn.