A woman sets out to photograph moments of intimacy. On an Internet dating site she writes: 'I'm looking for people who would like to be photographed in public revealing something of themselves...'
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suicide is a feature-length fiction of a woman's voyage
through the malls, airports and train stations of Asia, Europe and
Central America, chronicling her fiercely hopeful and desperate
search for a reason to continue living. read
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A group of cops laugh and talk, while scanning the street for suspicious
activity. An extreme close-up of a sensuously exposed neck; a soft
pink fleshy ear turns to reveal an inquisitive hostile eye.... read
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In turn funny, disturbing and glisteningly sensual, small lies,
Big Truth is a video about love, relationships and the joys and
banality of sex in the late 20th century. read
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In this award winning documentary, Shelly Silver presents an intimate
portrait of a group of Japanese women ranging in age from 15 to
82, talking about their lives, families and society. read
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Fragments is a series of short videotapes ranging in length
from 6 seconds to two minutes. These tapes can be seen as small
drawings or sketches, bringing together pieces of ideas, overheard
conversation and glimpsed images. read
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In April 2nd, Silver follows a series of men around the
Marais district of Paris. From a suspicious policeman to a well
dressed man who quickly disappears into a department store, the
tape begins with a series of short and apparently failed relationships.
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The Houses That Are Left is a story of mortality, friendship,
revenge, murder and the supernatural, as two friends come together
to try to figure out how to live, while being besieged by malignant
messages from the dead... read
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Starting with the deceptively soothing pastel hues of a sunny afternoon
in San Francisco, getting in stages a collision between two
rarely questioned phenomenon, heterosexual sex and real estate.
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"Even as the text instructs us otherwise, it is impossible not
to read We's two images - that is, to respond to their symbolic
quality, their suggestiveness..." read
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"In Shelly Silver's Things I Forget To Tell Myself, a fragmented
textual statement is interspersed with imagery culled from NYC,
much of it cropped by the camera operator's outstretched hand..."
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Blurring the line between documentary and fiction, truth and artifice,
Meet the People presents fourteen 'characters' who face the
camera in 'talking head' close-ups and speak about their lives and
dreams... read
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