Richard Heslop Movies

  • 1990
    The Garden

    The Garden

    The Garden

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    A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a...

    The Garden
  • 1987
    The Last of England

    The Last of England

    The Last of England

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    The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher.

    The Last of England
  • 2015
    The Raft of the Medusa

    The Raft of the Medusa

    The Raft of the Medusa

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    After months of continuous rain, all coastal areas of the UK are flooded. Bella and Jude are marooned on their flooded farm, cut off from any contact...

    The Raft of the Medusa
  • 1987
    Ostia

    Ostia

    Ostia

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    Ostia is a fascinating short film directed by Julian Cole and produced for the Royal College of Art, which reconstructs the events leading up to the...

    Ostia
  • 1987
    The Conversation

    The Conversation

    The Conversation

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    Stop-motion experimental short where two men communicate with one another, talk on the telephone, smoke cigarettes, and contort themselves. Produced...

    The Conversation
  • 1986
    The Queen Is Dead

    The Queen Is Dead

    The Queen Is Dead

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    Three song clips by The Smiths ('The Queen is Dead', 'There is a Light that Never Goes Out' and 'Panic'), all directed with an artistic and...

    The Queen Is Dead
  • 2012
    Frank

    Frank

    Frank

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    Caught up in a world he doesn't fit into, FRANK tells the unique story of an lonely outsider who manages to find friends in the strangest of places.

    Frank
  • 1984
    Imagining October

    Imagining October

    Imagining October

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    Imagining October explores art and politics in the final years of the Cold War, drawing connections between pre-Perestroika Russia and Thatcherite...

    Imagining October
  • 2006
    Sugarcubes: Live Zabor

    Sugarcubes: Live Zabor

    Sugarcubes: Live Zabor

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    Live concert footage of The Sugarcubes from 1988 and 1989, mixed with short interview segments.

    Sugarcubes: Live Zabor
  • 1986
    A Nosegay

    A Nosegay

    A Nosegay

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    A homoerotic homage to Jean Genet and Comte de Lautréamont, featuring Francois Testory Richard Heslop and Celestino Coronado. The visual motif...

    A Nosegay
  • 2015
    Shooting the Hunter

    Shooting the Hunter

    Shooting the Hunter

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    A tribute to Derek Jarman.

    Shooting the Hunter
  • 1982
    23 Skidoo, 7 Songs

    23 Skidoo, 7 Songs

    23 Skidoo, 7 Songs

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    "The 7 songs video was Made between 1981-1982 . Edited at The London collage of printing and St Martins school of art. Shot on 8mm and vhs and u...

    23 Skidoo, 7 Songs
  • 1992
    Floating

    Floating

    Floating

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    Disturbed by visions of a labyrinthine London about to be consumed by water, a lonely father begins to destroy his family's tower block flat in order...

    Floating
  • 1986
    Procar

    Procar

    Procar

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    In 1986 Landin directed the film Procar in collaboration with Heslop and Herbert Verhey for live performances in Amsterdam with the Car Ensemble of...

    Procar
  • 1984
    Fuck You G.I.

    Fuck You G.I.

    Fuck You G.I.

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    A music video made while I was at St. Martins College of Art, compiled from 8mm film I'd shot and found footage. The recent version has a clean...

    Fuck You G.I.
  • 1987
    The Child And The Saw

    The Child And The Saw

    The Child And The Saw

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    A nine year old girl receives a giant bandsaw for her birthday

    The Child And The Saw
  • 1986
    Less Than Useless

    Less Than Useless

    Less Than Useless

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    Non-Narrative experimental short by Richard Heslop and Carrie Kirkpatrick produced in 1986 and included on the 1988 VHS compilation Fat of the Land,...

    Less Than Useless
  • 1984
    Language

    Language

    Language

    01984HD

    Scratch video piece by Richard Heslop for the band 23 Skidoo.

    Language