John Sanborn Movies
- 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...
- 1980
Resolution of the Eye
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This work explores perception, time and memory, based on the concept that "science has yet to determine the actual resolution of the eye." Using...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 1970
Ear Drums
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Conceived & Performed by David Van Tieghem, Produced & Directed by John Sanborn, 1979
- 1981
Black & White
Black & White01981HD
Employing single-frame edits from broadcast television, the artists construct a rapid-fire media barrage of sound and image.
- 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...
- 1970
Visual Shuffle
Visual Shuffle01970HD
In Visual Shuffle, Moulton's choreography becomes part of a fantastic landscape of floating pop icons and symbols.
- 1985
Sister Suzie Cinema
Sister Suzie Cinema01985HD
Sister Suzie Cinema is a fantasy about fantasies - about the way movies, music and other cultural artifacts shape what we feel.
- 1982
And Now This...
And Now This...01982HD
Shot in Saskatchewan, And Now This... transforms landscape through technology, evoking the pristine lines of wheat fields and abandoned farm...
- 1970
Entropy and Order
Entropy and Order01970HD
Short by John Sanborn