George Barber Movies

  • 2003
    I Was Once in a Shit Show

    I Was Once in a Shit Show

    I Was Once in a Shit Show

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    A comic monologue, I Was Once In A Shit Show is a recollection of an imaginary art event that tallies with what most artists experience when they are...

    I Was Once in a Shit Show
  • 1994
    Passing Ship

    Passing Ship

    Passing Ship

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    On the left side of this video diptych sequences of a typical Hollywood movie of the genre "airplane catastrophy" are showing, while on the right...

    Passing Ship
  • 2008
    Following Your Heart Can Lead to Wonderful Things

    Following Your Heart Can Lead to Wonderful Things

    Following Your Heart Can Lead to Wonderful Things

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    Following Your Heart uses off-air adverts and minor films. The central conceit is to take found footage and manipulate it into a new artistic...

    Following Your Heart Can Lead to Wonderful Things
  • 1989
    1001 Colours Andy Never Thought Of

    1001 Colours Andy Never Thought Of

    1001 Colours Andy Never Thought Of

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    Takes the scratch genre to a postmodern extreme by processing and colouring Andy Warhol's Marilyn prints. Warhol's famous print undergoes intense...

    1001 Colours Andy Never Thought Of
  • 1986
    Yes Frank No Smoke

    Yes Frank No Smoke

    Yes Frank No Smoke

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    George Barber deconstructs two feature films, The Blue Lagoon and The Deep, pillaging ‘moments’ which when re-edited constitute a new...

    Yes Frank No Smoke
  • 1985
    Absence of Satan

    Absence of Satan

    Absence of Satan

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    A beautiful woman screams at something unseen off camera. Paul Newman appears eating salad and soon the famous sequence of Paul Newman closing a car...

    Absence of Satan
  • 2006
    Automotive Action Painting

    Automotive Action Painting

    Automotive Action Painting

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    Observed from an overhead camera, a man stops by the roadside one morning and empties the contents of a number of large cans of paint over the...

    Automotive Action Painting
  • 1995
    Say Hello to Lottery Park

    Say Hello to Lottery Park

    Say Hello to Lottery Park

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    A film about the discrepancy between the random and the intended. Chance meetings, chance adventures, holiday anecdotes and the slowed down...

    Say Hello to Lottery Park
  • 1988
    Arts Council GB Scratch

    Arts Council GB Scratch

    Arts Council GB Scratch

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    Promo video for the Arts Council

    Arts Council GB Scratch
  • 1997
    Withdrawal

    Withdrawal

    Withdrawal

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    A home movie on permanent loop. Live action up for grabs. A family walk the walk across a field, disappearing into memory as they do. Who knows where...

    Withdrawal