Ben Russell Movies
- 2004
The Ataraxians
The Ataraxians72004HD
From the south of France, a science fiction film about the end of the Leisure Class and that which came to replace it.
- 2020
What Distinguishes the Past
What Distinguishes the Past02020HD
Featuring a soundtrack melted out of a Cyndi Lauper CD, here is an(other) attempt to find a way through the everywhere fog of 2020. Filmed between...
- 2014
Deep Sleep
Deep Sleep5.82014HD
A transfixing performance film in which artist Basma Alsharif shoots footage in Athens, Malta and the "post-civilization" of the Gaza Strip while...
- 2017
Good Luck
Good Luck5.42017HD
A visceral non-fiction portrait of hope and sacrifice in a time of global economic turmoil, filmed between a large-scale underground mine in post-war...
- 2002
Terra Incognita
Terra Incognita5.82002HD
Terra Incognita is a lensless film whose cloudy pinhole images create a memory of history. Ancient and modern explorer texts of Easter Island are...
- 2022
Against Time
Against Time52022HD
"Against Time" is a visual journey, continuing Ben Russell’s investigations into the perception of time and how we listen to music.
- 2009
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl52009HD
(3:00, video, color, sound, 2009) A closely hewn remake of the first half of Viennese Actionist (and convicted sex offender) Otto Muehl's 1967 film...
- 2013
Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead02013HD
It’s been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering...
- 2008
Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)52008HD
115 years later, a(nother) remake of the Lumiere Brothers pseudo-actuality film La Sortie des usines Lumière. This time around our factory is...
- 2005
The Red and the Blue Gods
The Red and the Blue Gods42005HD
An ethnographic field report in which the Anthropologist describes the mythic creation of an unnamed ‘sun-scraping structure’ through the...
- 2014
Pelican Radio
Pelican Radio62014HD
A Jim Drain film
- 2007
Black and White Trypps Number Three
Black and White Trypps Number Three6.8332007HD
The third part in a series of films dealing with naturally-derived psychedelia. Shot during a performance by Rhode Island noise band Lightning Bolt,...
- 2011
Beast
Beast52011HD
BEAST, described in numerous circles as a “three-piece percussive drone/noise force, complete with two drummers and skull-based...
- 2012
Austerity Measures
Austerity Measures6.32012HD
A color-separation portrait of the Exarchia neighborhood of Athens, Greece, made during the Anti-Austerity protests in late 2011. In a place thick...
- 2004
Last Days
Last Days7.52004HD
The Valley of Fire. Oficina Chacabuco. The Calumet Industrial Corridor. From the outskirts of Vegas to the desert ghost towns of Chile - a pinhole...
- 2004
Extra Terrestrial
Extra Terrestrial4.52004HD
“A deadpan video art reworking of 1982's highest-grossing movie, EXTRA TERRESTRIAL peels away layers of sentimental narrative goo from its...
- 2008
Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season02008HD
An experimental ethnography recorded in the jungle village of Bendekondre, Suriname at the start of 2007. Composed of community-generated...
- 2016
He Who Eats Children
He Who Eats Children7.82016HD
A speculative portrait of a Dutchman living in the Surinamese jungle - fixing canoe motors, accused of eating the locals' children.
- 2002
The Breathers-In
The Breathers-In02002HD
The Breathers-In is a 16mm experimental narrative film in which two Victorian Sisters float through a post-industrial landscape of Loss and...
- 2015
Renée’s Room
Renée’s Room02015HD
for the installation: Renée’s Room