Ben Russell Movies

  • 2004
    The Ataraxians

    The Ataraxians

    The Ataraxians

    72004HD

    From the south of France, a science fiction film about the end of the Leisure Class and that which came to replace it.

    The Ataraxians
  • 2020
    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

    What Distinguishes the Past

    02020HD

    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...

    What Distinguishes the Past
  • 2014
    Deep Sleep

    Deep Sleep

    Deep Sleep

    5.82014HD

    A transfixing performance film in which artist Basma Alsharif shoots footage in Athens, Malta and the "post-civilization" of the Gaza Strip while...

    Deep Sleep
  • 2017
    Good Luck

    Good Luck

    Good Luck

    5.42017HD

    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...

    Good Luck
  • 2002
    Terra Incognita

    Terra Incognita

    Terra Incognita

    5.82002HD

    Terra Incognita is a lensless film whose cloudy pinhole images create a memory of history. Ancient and modern explorer texts of Easter Island are...

    Terra Incognita
  • 2022
    Against Time

    Against Time

    Against Time

    52022HD

    "Against Time" is a visual journey, continuing Ben Russell’s investigations into the perception of time and how we listen to music.

    Against Time
  • 2009
    Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl

    Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl

    Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl

    52009HD

    (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...

    Rock Me Amadeus by Falco Via Kardinal by Otto Muehl
  • 2013
    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead

    02013HD

    It’s been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering...

    Call No Man Happy Until He Is Dead
  • 2008
    Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)

    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...

    Workers Leaving the Factory (Dubai)
  • 2005
    The Red and the Blue Gods

    The Red and the Blue Gods

    The Red and the Blue Gods

    42005HD

    An ethnographic field report in which the Anthropologist describes the mythic creation of an unnamed ‘sun-scraping structure’ through the...

    The Red and the Blue Gods
  • 2014
    Pelican Radio

    Pelican Radio

    Pelican Radio

    62014HD

    A Jim Drain film

    Pelican Radio
  • 2007
    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    Black and White Trypps Number Three

    6.8332007HD

    The third part in a series of films dealing with naturally-derived psychedelia. Shot during a performance by Rhode Island noise band Lightning Bolt,...

    Black and White Trypps Number Three
  • 2011
    Beast

    Beast

    Beast

    52011HD

    BEAST, described in numerous circles as a “three-piece percussive drone/noise force, complete with two drummers and skull-based...

    Beast
  • 2012
    Austerity Measures

    Austerity Measures

    Austerity Measures

    6.32012HD

    A color-separation portrait of the Exarchia neighborhood of Athens, Greece, made during the Anti-Austerity protests in late 2011. In a place thick...

    Austerity Measures
  • 2004
    Last Days

    Last Days

    Last Days

    7.52004HD

    The Valley of Fire. Oficina Chacabuco. The Calumet Industrial Corridor. From the outskirts of Vegas to the desert ghost towns of Chile - a pinhole...

    Last Days
  • 2004
    Extra Terrestrial

    Extra Terrestrial

    Extra Terrestrial

    4.52004HD

    “A deadpan video art reworking of 1982's highest-grossing movie, EXTRA TERRESTRIAL peels away layers of sentimental narrative goo from its...

    Extra Terrestrial
  • 2008
    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season

    02008HD

    An experimental ethnography recorded in the jungle village of Bendekondre, Suriname at the start of 2007. Composed of community-generated...

    Tjúba Tén / The Wet Season
  • 2016
    He Who Eats Children

    He Who Eats Children

    He Who Eats Children

    7.82016HD

    A speculative portrait of a Dutchman living in the Surinamese jungle - fixing canoe motors, accused of eating the locals' children.

    He Who Eats Children
  • 2002
    The Breathers-In

    The Breathers-In

    The Breathers-In

    02002HD

    The Breathers-In is a 16mm experimental narrative film in which two Victorian Sisters float through a post-industrial landscape of Loss and...

    The Breathers-In
  • 2015
    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room

    02015HD

    for the installation: Renée’s Room

    Renée’s Room