Movies: Repurposed footage

  • 2002
    Decasia: The State of Decay

    Decasia: The State of Decay (2002)

    Decasia: The State of Decay

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    A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score....

    Decasia: The State of Decay
  • 2004
    Analepsis

    Analepsis (2004)

    Analepsis

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    The video Analepsis, 2003-04, is composed of a series of excerpts taken from satellite television news reports. The individual 1-4 second clips are used to introduce the viewer to a given location. Through his method of re-editing the material and om...

    Analepsis
  • 2016
    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie (2016)

    Little Orphant Annie

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    Little Orphant Annie is a re-edit of a silent film of the same title from 1918, directed by Colin Campbell. Two reels from an original nitrate print were scanned and re-edited to make the new film, which follows the structure of the poem written by J...

    Little Orphant Annie
  • 2017
    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison

    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison (2017)

    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison

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    This documentary focuses on the artistry of director Bill Morrison, who leverages decaying film stock from years past to tell new stories that are relevant to today's audiences. The decaying film lends brilliant visuals which add to Morrison's concep...

    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison
  • 2013
    Rite of Spring

    Rite of Spring (2013)

    Rite of Spring

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    Black-and-white film projections by Bill Morrison, using archival footage of frigid Arctic scenes....

    Rite of Spring
  • 2013
    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist

    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist (2013)

    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist

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    Things fall apart, but they are also reassembled and given new life, in an enlightened form. Meet the New York based artist and filmmaker Bill Morrison in this interview about his haunting experimental collage films 'Decasia' and 'Light is Calling'....

    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist
  • 1969
    The Midnight Party

    The Midnight Party (1969)

    The Midnight Party

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    A short film where circus performers entertain children....

    The Midnight Party