The Pettifogger
A year in the life of an American gambler and con man circa 1963. A diaristic montage full of glimpses, glances, decaying ephemera and elliptical narrative. An abstract crime film and, like many other crime films involving larceny, a sensorial exploration of the virulence of unfettered capitalism. An impressionistic collage film culled from a wide variety of image and sound sources that fully exploits the hieroglyphic essence of cutouts to ponder what appropriation and stealing have in common. Definitely the longest continuous film I’ve ever created.—Lewis Klahr
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A year in the life of an American gambler and con man circa 1963. A diaristic montage full of glimpses, glances, decaying ephemera and elliptical narrative. An abstract crime film and, like many other crime films involving larceny, a sensorial exploration of the virulence of unfettered capitalism. An impressionistic collage film culled from a wide variety of image and sound sources that fully exploits the hieroglyphic essence of cutouts to ponder what appropriation and stealing have in common. Definitely the longest continuous film I’ve ever created.—Lewis Klahr
Windy Ledge Farm
6.8
Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1
6.2
The Return of Swamp Thing
5.5
Minuscule 2: Mandibles from Far Away
7.1
Wild Strawberries
8.1
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
6.4
Spartacus
7.5
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
7.6
The Danish Girl
7.6
The Return of Ringo
6.4
Stonehearst Asylum
6.9
Wildlife
6.6
Rush Hour 3
6.5
The Breakfast Club
7.7
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
8.0
At War for Love
7.3
Three Colors: Blue
7.7
Gone with the Wind
7.9
Bonnie and Clyde
7.5
A Most Violent Year
6.6