Chris Petit Movies

  • 2014
    Unnatural History

    Unnatural History

    Unnatural History

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    Theo Valasquez's abandoned acoustic research in the Rangipo desert is narrated through fragments of an unfinished TV documentary. Meanwhile, the...

    Unnatural History
  • 2010
    Content

    Content

    Content

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    Content is an ambient 21st-century road movie, an associative film essay inspired by driving’s trancelike state rather than any linear...

    Content
  • 1998
    Dead TV

    Dead TV

    Dead TV

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    A short film detailing the ways that TV has failed as a creative and expressive medium in the UK through various sped up and slowed down clips of...

    Dead TV
  • 1993
    Surveillance

    Surveillance

    Surveillance

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    A mini film-essay made up of CCTV footage.

    Surveillance
  • 1999
    Negative Space

    Negative Space

    Negative Space

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    A portrait of film critic Manny Farber, featuring interviews with Farber and art critic Dave Hickey, as well as inventively displayed clips of the...

    Negative Space
  • 1994
    Rudy Wurlitzer

    Rudy Wurlitzer

    Rudy Wurlitzer

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    Some of Petit's works were made for television. In this session, the three films are about three major figures in the English universe: filmmaker...

    Rudy Wurlitzer