John Sanborn Movies

  • 2022
    Triple Trouble

    Triple Trouble

    Triple Trouble

    22022HD

    In the year 2023, following the death of Randy Rose, the lead singer of The Residents, his son Randy Junior discovers that his father's ashes have...

    Triple Trouble
  • 2022
    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    Exquisite Moving Corpse

    02022HD

    The Surrealist, "Exquisite Corpse" was a French Café parlor game. "Exquisite Moving Corpse" is more of an artist chain letter. 60 artists...

    Exquisite Moving Corpse
  • 2012
    PICO (reMIX)

    PICO (reMIX)

    PICO (reMIX)

    02012HD

    A video memoir in which artist John Sanborn explores the seismic artistic upheaval wrought by three great artists: John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, and Nam...

    PICO (reMIX)
  • 1990
    Infinite Escher

    Infinite Escher

    Infinite Escher

    51990HD

    A boy travels through the world of M.C. Escher.

    Infinite Escher
  • 2023
    The Residents' God in 3 Persons

    The Residents' God in 3 Persons

    The Residents' God in 3 Persons

    02023HD

    A live adaptation of art rock band The Residents' 1988 concept album about a disgraced evangelist and his obsession with gender-fluid conjoined twins.

    The Residents' God in 3 Persons
  • 1981
    How to Fly

    How to Fly

    How to Fly

    01981HD

    With HOW TO FLY, Bowes abandoned plot entirely, finding other forms of structure. He wanted to show that stories do not have to obsessively organize...

    How to Fly
  • 1981
    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons

    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons

    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons

    01981HD

    Buried inside the epic American opera for television, “Perfect Lives” are the boogie-woogie lessons being sold by Buddy to untalented...

    Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons
  • 1983
    ACT III

    ACT III

    ACT III

    01983HD

    Abstract video art set to the music of Philip Glass.

    ACT III
  • 1984
    Perfect Lives

    Perfect Lives

    Perfect Lives

    7.51984HD

    Set in the American Midwest, Perfect Lives is “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, the changing...

    Perfect Lives
  • 1991
    The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents

    The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents

    The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents

    01991HD

    This documentary is a history of The Residents hosted by Penn & Teller. It contains excerpts from most of their videos and some are in their complete...

    The Eyes Scream: A History of the Residents
  • 2014
    ALLoT (A Long List of Things)

    ALLoT (A Long List of Things)

    ALLoT (A Long List of Things)

    02014HD

    Director John Sanborn attends his 40th high school reunion with a film crew to interview former classmates and gain a measure of closure on some...

    ALLoT (A Long List of Things)
  • 1981
    The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies

    The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies

    The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies

    01981HD

    A short survey of the small-gauge narrative film, beginning with the Kuchars' Sylvia's Promise (1962). Primarily focused on East Coast artists, the...

    The Super-8 Show: Beyond Home Movies
  • 1985
    Sister Suzie Cinema

    Sister Suzie Cinema

    Sister Suzie Cinema

    01985HD

    Sister Suzie Cinema is a fantasy about fantasies - about the way movies, music and other cultural artifacts shape what we feel.

    Sister Suzie Cinema
  • 1978
    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    01978HD

    This is a documentary about video artists Bill & Louise Etra, Woody & Steina Vasulka, and Kit Fitzgerald & John Sanborn.

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video
  • 1970
    Visual Shuffle

    Visual Shuffle

    Visual Shuffle

    01970HD

    In Visual Shuffle, Moulton's choreography becomes part of a fantastic landscape of floating pop icons and symbols.

    Visual Shuffle
  • 1977
    Spray-On Video

    Spray-On Video

    Spray-On Video

    01977HD

    Commercial for spray-on video

    Spray-On Video
  • 1993
    Awakening from the 20th Century

    Awakening from the 20th Century

    Awakening from the 20th Century

    01993HD

    "Awakening from the 20th Century" contends with the collision between the actual and the virtual in the city of San Francisco. "Is life becoming...

    Awakening from the 20th Century
  • 1986
    Luminare

    Luminare

    Luminare

    01986HD

    Abstract video art by John Sanborn and Dean Winkler. Dedicated to Ed Emshwiller.

    Luminare
  • 1970
    Ear Drums

    Ear Drums

    Ear Drums

    01970HD

    Conceived & Performed by David Van Tieghem, Produced & Directed by John Sanborn, 1979

    Ear Drums
  • 1992
    Theology

    Theology

    Theology

    01992HD

    Computer animation that follows a mysterious egg, directed by art pop musician Todd Rundgren. 3 years of production for 3 mins of animation.

    Theology