Douglas Davis Movies

  • 1981
    The Wizard of Malta

    The Wizard of Malta

    The Wizard of Malta

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    Douglas Davis presents his interpretations of The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Wizard of Oz (1939), and Napoleon in the triptych style of the finale of...

    The Wizard of Malta
  • 1974
    Against video

    Against video

    Against video

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    Against video
  • 1974
    Suite 212

    Suite 212

    Suite 212

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    Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a...

    Suite 212
  • 1972
    Street Sentences

    Street Sentences

    Street Sentences

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    In Street Sentences from 1972, Davis invites passersby to spontaneously give a personal statement to the camera. The result is a collage of...

    Street Sentences
  • 1977
    The Last Nine Minutes

    The Last Nine Minutes

    The Last Nine Minutes

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    This performance, presented for German TV's first live satellite transmission marking the opening of the Documenta VI in Kassel on 24 June 1977, is a...

    The Last Nine Minutes
  • 1976
    Three Silent and Secret Acts

    Three Silent and Secret Acts

    Three Silent and Secret Acts

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    Structurally, Three Silent & Secret Acts corresponds extensively to the work that followed, Reading Brecht in 3/4 Time: the performance takes place...

    Three Silent and Secret Acts
  • 1974
    The Florence Tape

    The Florence Tape

    The Florence Tape

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    Short movie by Douglas Davis.

    The Florence Tape
  • 1983
    How to Make Love to Your Television Set

    How to Make Love to Your Television Set

    How to Make Love to Your Television Set

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    Perhaps no artist and fellow media theorist worked so fastidiously in the vein of McLuhan as Douglas Davis, albeit directly contrary to what he...

    How to Make Love to Your Television Set