Leslie Thornton Movies

  • 2001
    The Splendor

    The Splendor

    The Splendor

    02001HD

    An episode of Peggy and Fred in Hell.

    The Splendor
  • 1976
    All Right You Guys

    All Right You Guys

    All Right You Guys

    01976HD

    A portrait of Thornton’s sister and a close friend. Shot while studying with cinema verite masters Ed Pincus & Richard Leacock, this early film...

    All Right You Guys
  • 1988
    There Was an Unseen Cloud Moving

    There Was an Unseen Cloud Moving

    There Was an Unseen Cloud Moving

    01988HD

    "A fragmented, experimental biography of the 19th-century poet and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, whose brief, unusual life ended abruptly in a flash...

    There Was an Unseen Cloud Moving
  • 1988
    Peggy and Fred and Pete

    Peggy and Fred and Pete

    Peggy and Fred and Pete

    01988HD

    Short film by Leslie Thornton, part of the Peggy and Fred in Hell series.

    Peggy and Fred and Pete
  • 2017
    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    02017HD

    "Thornton's magnum opus, this ongoing and open-ended serial follows its two improvisatory protagonists, children “raised by technology,”...

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding
  • 1996
    The Problem So Far

    The Problem So Far

    The Problem So Far

    01996HD

    A film in the Peggy and Fred in Hell cycle

    The Problem So Far
  • 1996
    Whirling

    Whirling

    Whirling

    01996HD

    A film in the Peggy and Fred in Hell cycle

    Whirling
  • 2021
    High Heels Beloved

    High Heels Beloved

    High Heels Beloved

    02021HD

    A short film from Leslie Thornton from 2021.

    High Heels Beloved
  • 2021
    Bee HEMLOCK

    Bee HEMLOCK

    Bee HEMLOCK

    02021HD

    A short by Leslie Thornton from 2021.

    Bee HEMLOCK
  • 2018
    Cut from Liquid to Snake

    Cut from Liquid to Snake

    Cut from Liquid to Snake

    02018HD

    Thornton evokes the instability that humankind acts upon through a combination of several voices – from cold to melancholic to anxious –...

    Cut from Liquid to Snake
  • 2016
    They Were Just People

    They Were Just People

    They Were Just People

    02016HD

    Two circles, twice the same image: a restless pool of simmering tar. The soundtrack also evokes hellish associations with an eyewitness report of...

    They Were Just People
  • 1990
    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory

    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory

    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory

    01990HD

    Leslie Thornton.

    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory
  • 1989
    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace

    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace

    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace

    01989HD

    An anti-narrative adventure traveling through a phantasmagoric environment void of stability. The video presents a bizarre compendium of archival and...

    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace
  • 1977
    Howard

    Howard

    Howard

    01977HD

    b/w, 16mm film

    Howard
  • 1987
    Peggy and Fred in Kansas

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas

    01987HD

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas is one of the earliest installments in Thornton's Peggy and Fred in Hell series. Thornton represents the outside world with...

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas
  • 1981
    Jennifer, Where Are You?

    Jennifer, Where Are You?

    Jennifer, Where Are You?

    01981HD

    Jennifer, Where Are You? is structured by a speech-act, a constant proleptic call, a man’s voice which has been edited and recut into a...

    Jennifer, Where Are You?
  • 2003
    Paradise Crushed

    Paradise Crushed

    Paradise Crushed

    02003HD

    Paradise Crushed could be the black hole at the center of the film and video constellation that is Thornton's Peggy and Fred cycle. Scraps of sound...

    Paradise Crushed
  • 1999
    Chimp for Normal Short

    Chimp for Normal Short

    Chimp for Normal Short

    01999HD

    Thornton's continuing fascination with technology finds an unlikely expression in these digitally manipulated film sequences, in which a chimpanzee's...

    Chimp for Normal Short
  • 2002
    Have A Nice Day Alone

    Have A Nice Day Alone

    Have A Nice Day Alone

    02002HD

    "Elusive and compelling, Have a Nice Day Alone is surpassingly strange, even for Leslie Thornton, an acknowledged genius of the unexpected. The...

    Have A Nice Day Alone
  • 2018
    Abyss Film

    Abyss Film

    Abyss Film

    02018HD

    For Abyss Film, Richards and Thornton intermix new videos with raw material from their own extensive archives. By doing so, they break with familiar...

    Abyss Film