March 2003: Days after the United States invaded Iraq, Michael Moore received an Oscar for his documentary Bowling for Columbine and shortly thereafter appeared at the University of Rochester in Upstate New York to plug his upcoming release Fahrenheit 9/11. This video made in collaboration with Bernadette Wegenstein for Austrian TV features Michael Moore's press conference and public address. Students of diverse ethnic backgrounds interviewed both on and off campus add their own opinions about...
2008, 5:50, 16mm to digital, b&w and color, soundAll the House (Haditha Massacre) collects and reconfigures far-ranging source materials to engage with the November 19, 2005 massacre by US Marines of 24 unarmed civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Featured is ten-year-old Iman Walid, who witnessed the killing of her family. The Atlantic City massacre scene from Godfather III by Francis Ford Coppola is re-shot off DVD with a Bolex 16mm camera and then hand processed. Part 3 of Flicker On Off, a series a...
2008, 6:10, 16mm to digital, b&w and color, soundSunroof (Benazir Bhutto Assassination) clashes images originating from Miller’s Crossing (directed by Joel Coen) and a multi-lingual audio collage about the December 27, 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader at the time of the Pakistan People's Party. Gun shootouts in Miller’s Crossing are re-shot off DVD with a Bolex 16mm camera and then hand processed. Part 2 of Flicker On Off, a series applying the...
2008, 8:12, 16mm to digital, b&w, soundRepeat Photography and the Albedo Effect intermixes unlikely suspects, including Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, NPR reportage, and British artist Katie Paterson's audio project, to reflect upon the impact of global warming on glaciers. The violent boxing scenes from Raging Bull are re-shot off DVD with a Bolex 16mm camera and then hand processed. Part 1 of Flicker On Off, a series applying the idiom of experimental film to big-budget movies in order to sp...