Rick Raxlen Movies

  • 1999
    U - Champions

    U - Champions

    U - Champions

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    "Mutt and Jeff meet Felix in a battle for the letter "U". Using old black and white cartoons and contact-printed 35 mm film that I scratched on, I...

    U - Champions
  • 1985
    The Divine Right

    The Divine Right

    The Divine Right

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    An adaptation of J. G. Frazer's text - Golden Bough - The Divine Right was conceived as a series of improvised dramatic moments for the camera. As...

    The Divine Right
  • 1984
    Grey's Lullaby

    Grey's Lullaby

    Grey's Lullaby

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    Using a program which "reads" sixteen shades of grey, the artist has produced a quiet, calming tape; a neutral panacea to help fight against the...

    Grey's Lullaby
  • 1984
    Flagman's Nightmare

    Flagman's Nightmare

    Flagman's Nightmare

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    Made during a love-affair (short) with bridges, road-crew workmen and their day-glow coloured vests, flags and markers, Flagman's Nightmare is part...

    Flagman's Nightmare
  • 1984
    Duck Talk

    Duck Talk

    Duck Talk

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    A short, sweet tape. Kind of painterly in its use of camera as it moves in a fluid way over a set that consists of a white picket fence, a plastic...

    Duck Talk
  • 1984
    The Polytechnic World

    The Polytechnic World

    The Polytechnic World

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    The Polytechnic World allows us to see images created by sounds, thanks to a Casio PT-30. We see the yellow and grey image of the small Casio melting...

    The Polytechnic World
  • 2003
    Brand New Triathlon

    Brand New Triathlon

    Brand New Triathlon

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    Using books of how-to photographs on the "sports" of bowling, cricket and tai chi. I made a kind of pre-rotoscope-film-basically. I xeroxed many many...

    Brand New Triathlon
  • 1983
    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows

    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows

    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows

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    This video is a collage of images that takes the viewer down a path between their own virtue and cosmic morality. A quiet anxiety emerges as the...

    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
  • 1998
    The Geometry of Beware

    The Geometry of Beware

    The Geometry of Beware

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    One-minute of found footage of Mutt and Jeff from 1926 is literally reconstructed via paper prints from photocopies and pen and ink drawings.

    The Geometry of Beware
  • 1982
    Jaffa-Gate

    Jaffa-Gate

    Jaffa-Gate

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    1930's found-footage, slowed down with original music.

    Jaffa-Gate