Sam Taylor-Johnson

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Crazy About Tiffany's
6.9

Crazy About Tiffany's

Feb 19, 2016

Crazy About Tiffany's
2016 87 min 15 vues
A provocative and rare glimpse at the most iconic luxury jeweler in the world. From past to present, discovering the behind the scenes creation to those beholden to its charm, Tiffany & Co. is unveiled like never before.
Documentary
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
3.3

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

Mar 08, 2016

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
2016 28 min 3 vues
Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.
Documentary
Half the Picture
5.9

Half the Picture

Jan 23, 2018

Half the Picture
2018 94 min 11 vues
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
Documentary
Pieta
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Pieta

Dec 01, 2001

Pieta
2001 2 min 1 vues
2001 Sam Taylor-Wood video art short
Elton John - Elton in Four Decades
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Elton John - Elton in Four Decades

Nov 08, 2004

Elton John - Elton in Four Decades
2004 90 min 1 vues
A 90 minute program of film footage from the Elton John archive, carefully selected for Elton's fans. Elton exclusively gives an overview of the chosen songs, and there are truly rare interviews with Thom Bell, Cameron Crowe, and other individuals who play major roles in the history of these songs. For the first time, forty years of selected Elton's incredible stage costumes can be viewed from every angle in the stunning costume gallery. Other highlight include a retrospective of Your Song, which includes Elton performing the song from every era of his career, and the film for I'm Still Standing, as created by David LaChappelle for Elton's Las Vegas shows.
Documentary
Love You More
6.308

Love You More

Feb 05, 2008

Love You More
2008 15 min 13 vues
Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.
Drama
Back to Black
6.7

Back to Black

Apr 11, 2024

Back to Black
2024 122 min 547 vues
Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.
Music
Back to Black
6.7

Back to Black

Apr 11, 2024

Back to Black
2024 122 min 547 vues
Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.
Music
Prelude in Air
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Prelude in Air

Dec 03, 2002

Prelude in Air
2002 6 min 1 vues
2002 Sam Taylor-Wood short video art piece featuring a man playing an imaginary string instrument.
Knackered
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Knackered

Dec 01, 1996

Knackered
1996 5 min 1 vues
1996 Sam Taylor-Wood video art piece focusing on a naked singer
Hysteria
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Hysteria

Dec 01, 1999

Hysteria
1999 8 min 1 vues
1999 Sam Taylor-Wood video art piece featuring a dancer in agony
Ascension
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Ascension

Dec 01, 2003

Ascension
2003 5 min 1 vues
2003 Sam Taylor-Wood video art work featuring a tap dancer
Music
Mute
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Mute

Dec 01, 2001

Mute
2001 7 min 1 vues
2001 Sam Taylor-Wood video art work featuring a man praying in silence
A Little Death
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A Little Death

Dec 01, 2002

A Little Death
2002 5 min 1 vues
Taylor-Johnson updates traditional still life imagery. What seems at first to be a quiet arrangement of a dead hare and peach on a table starts to decompose before our eyes. Rather than attempting to capture a moment in time, the viewer is put face to face with a speeded up decomposition of the subject matter. Taylor-Wood brings home the transience of biological life, and the viewer's mortality. This work explores the issue of temporality, an idea which permeates the artist's oeuvre, where a course of action can change radically even within the space of a few seconds.
Pieta
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Pieta

Dec 01, 2001

Pieta
2001 2 min 1 vues
2001 Sam Taylor-Wood video art short
Still Life
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Still Life

Dec 01, 2001

Still Life
2001 4 min 1 vues
2001 Sam Taylor video art piece featuring rotting fruit in time lapse
Travesty of a Mockery
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Travesty of a Mockery

Dec 03, 1995

Travesty of a Mockery
1995 10 min 1 vues
A 10 minute film that depicts a man and a woman having an argument. This domestic drama is enacted simultaneously on two separate projected screens—the man’s space is described by a chair standing against a blank wall, the woman’s by a fridge and a fragment of kitchen sideboard. Each participant is isolated within his and her own screen, the borders from one to the other being crossed by thrown objects such as a glass of milk or a frying pan and, occasionally, by one of the participants, who, unable to contain their rage, launches an attack across the divide. A soundtrack of tuning into a series of different radio stations accompanies the film, seeming to articulate the switching emotional tenor of the scenario as it moves through confusion, anger, sadness and resignation.
Brontosaurus
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Brontosaurus

Dec 01, 1995

Brontosaurus
1995 10 min 1 vues
Informed by cinematic and documentary traditions, Taylor-Johnson has been working with photography, film and video in London since the early 1990s. She presents characters in situations of isolation and self-absorption, their familiar, even mundane, surroundings and poses belying more or less hidden states of emotional crisis. This piece explores the difficult distinctions 'between reality and unreality, life and theatre', public and private, by putting the viewer in the uncomfortable position of deciding whether the action is genuine or staged. This discomfort persists with Brontosaurus, which is clearly taking place in a private space.
That White Rush
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That White Rush

Oct 26, 2007

That White Rush
2007 3 min 1 vues
Sam Taylor-Wood says she can't believe the silly questions that people keep asking about her latest work, presented in the Ukrainian pavilion. That White Rush is a video of a young woman lying naked with a white swan decomposing on top of her; her toe twitches as the swan's internal liquids spew out. It is made up of two seamlessly integrated films, one taken of the girl over four minutes and one of the swan over four weeks. "People actually ask me if the girl lay there for four weeks," says Taylor-Wood.
Breach (Girl & Eunuch)
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Breach (Girl & Eunuch)

Dec 01, 2001

Breach (Girl & Eunuch)
2001 11 min 1 vues
Reminiscent of Warhol, Breach depicts a girl in ever-heightening grief, but with the sound of her tears removed. The person inflicting her agony is also unheard and unseen, but has a tangible presence in the film. As emotion is taken out of context, the viewer is almost placed in the position of the aggressor. The tangible melts into the intangible and the other way around.
The Last Century
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The Last Century

Dec 03, 2006

The Last Century
2006 7 min 1 vues
In her film The Last Century (2006), what appears to be a static image of a group of people slowly reveals itself to be a real, filmed take, timed to the length of a burning cigarette: the film is entirely static apart from the involuntary blinking, twitching and barely-visible breathing of four motionless actors, all arranged around a central figure as if in a group portrait painted by Rembrandt or Caravaggio.
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
5.5

James Bond Supports International Women's Day

Mar 05, 2011

James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011 2 min 8 vues
This short film is made by 'We Are Equals' to celebrate International Women's Day. James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side. Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench team up for two-minute film highlighting the need for gender equality. 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman's shoes.
Documentary
A Million Little Pieces
6.206

A Million Little Pieces

Aug 30, 2019

A Million Little Pieces
2019 113 min 97 vues
This short film is made by 'We Are Equals' to celebrate International Women's Day. James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side. Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench team up for two-minute film highlighting the need for gender equality. 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman's shoes.
Drama
A Million Little Pieces
6.206

A Million Little Pieces

Aug 30, 2019

A Million Little Pieces
2019 113 min 97 vues
This short film is made by 'We Are Equals' to celebrate International Women's Day. James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine side. Daniel Craig and Dame Judi Dench team up for two-minute film highlighting the need for gender equality. 007 star Daniel Craig undergo a dramatic makeover as he puts himself, quite literally, in a woman's shoes.
Drama
Strings
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Strings

Jan 01, 2003

Strings
2003 9 min 1 vues
A string quartet, dressed in black tie, seated in an arc that curves away from the viewer, play part of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 2 in F major Op. 22. The piece is titled Andante ma non Tanto (which, crudely translated, means faster, but not too much). They sit in the sumptuous surroundings of the Crush Room at the Royal Opera House, London. Above them suspended by wires, which flick in and out of view as the light catches them, is a ballet dancer. He is naked apart from shorts and the harness. The dancer rests just above the musicians' heads as they play Tchaikovsky's melancholic piece. The dancer moves rhythmically and slowly, his feet almost brushing their bows as they play. 35mm film. Single-screen projection.
Killing Time
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Killing Time

Jan 01, 1994

Killing Time
1994 49 min 1 vues
As four people lip-synch to the grand, passionate sounds of the Richard Strauss opera Elektra, the contrast between the banality of modern life and the primal desires that swirl beneath the surface is heightened. Four-screen projection. Video.
Misfit
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Misfit

Jan 01, 1996

Misfit
1996 4 min 1 vues
The brink of 2000. The misfits refuse to get krunk.
Pent-Up
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Pent-Up

Jan 01, 1994

Pent-Up
1994 10 min 1 vues
The interior monologues of five characters are made audible, giving way to a host of efforts on the part of the viewer to create connections or manufacture logic and pattern where, ultimately, there is none. 16mm film. Five-screen projection.
After Van Halen
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After Van Halen

Jan 01, 2005

After Van Halen
2005 5 min 1 vues
The graceful, ephemeral longing highlighted in this work is brought back down to earth with the title – after Van Halen's Jump. Single-screen projection.
Noli Me Tangere
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Noli Me Tangere

Jan 01, 1998

Noli Me Tangere
1998 4 min 1 vues
The title of this piece is the well-known warning of Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection. It translates to Touch me not. This biblical scene gave birth to a strong iconographical tradition in Christian art, from late antiquity to present. Here, the denial of hope and redemption is removed from its religious context. 16mm film. Dual-screen projection.
Atlantic
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Atlantic

Jan 01, 1997

Atlantic
1997 11 min 1 vues
In Sam Taylor-Johnson's words, 'I wanted (Atlantic) to feel like you could be coming in, as you say, at any point, not necessarily at the beginning, or the end, but somewhere towards the middle where something is about to happen. It could be the beginning of an argument or an argument petering out … the only thing those people have in common is the space they occupy. They are totally isolated within their own activity or mental space … you are looking at two people interacting but you project what the discussion or argument is about. The viewer is put in the position of the people in the restaurant who are onlookers. And as an onlooker you're straining to understand what exactly is taking place. I want people to construct their own narrative, so they're looking at it and giving it endless possibilities.' 16mm film. Three-screen projection.
Sustaining the Crisis
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Sustaining the Crisis

Jan 01, 1997

Sustaining the Crisis
1997 9 min 1 vues
The Swedish actress Amanda Ooms, who appeared in several of Taylor-Johnson's early works, is here juxtaposed with a man who is filmed separately. When installed, the double screens of this piece placed the viewer in between the tensions of these two people. 16mm film. Dual-screen projection.
Third Party
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Third Party

Jan 01, 1999

Third Party
1999 10 min 1 vues
As Harold Pinter famously said, Taylor-Johnson is 'the weasel under the cocktail cabinet' at this particular party. The erotic undercurrents between the various people at the party are given further resonance with the use of multiple screens to portray them. Marianne Faithfull is given a starring role, and the viewer is the 'third party' of the title. 16mm film. Seven-screen projection.
David
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David

Jan 01, 2004

David
2004 64 min 1 vues
Simply lit from one light source (the lamp in the Madrid hotel room where it was shot) and shot in a single long take after Beckham finished training, David joins Sam Taylor-Johnson's other intimate portraits of male vulnerability. Single-screen projection.
Three Minute Round
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Three Minute Round

Jan 01, 2008

Three Minute Round
2008 3 min 1 vues
Three Minute Round depicts the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, in the moments after defeating their rivals in separate championship boxing matches in Las Vegas and Berlin in 2008. Sam Taylor-Johnson isolated the world-famous Ukrainian boxers, known for their brute strength, speed and athleticism, in their dressing rooms immediately after each fight. She asked them to sit idly while she videoed their still bodies for 3 minutes. The brothers breathe rhythmically and slowly, in an almost meditative state, and we see them away from their public persona as all-conquering fighters. The vulnerability and humanity of the Klitschko brothers is allowed to come through in a way that echoes the depiction of another famous athlete by Taylor-Johnson, David Beckham. Dual screen projection.
The Servant
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The Servant

Jan 01, 2007

The Servant
2007 4 min 1 vues
The figures in this piece are the fashion designer Bella Freud, daughter of Lucian and granddaughter of Sigmund, and her husband, the writer James Fox. Fox has written about Taylor-Johnson's work on more than one occasion. Single-screen projection.
Sigh
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Sigh

Jan 01, 2008

Sigh
2008 9 min 1 vues
Sigh was made in collaboration with the BBC Concert Orchestra and features a score made especially for it by Academy-Award winning composer Anne Dudley. Dudley comments, 'When I was composing this piece I had in mind Sam's wonderful large photographs from her series Wuthering Heights. This gave me the sense of loss that would transform onto the members of the orchestra as they played without their instruments. I knew that the sound of each section had to come from the right screen and this allowed me to think about the music travelling around the room. Also, I wanted the listener to be able to move around the room and experience a different perspective of sound – very much like strolling through an orchestra. All the sections rely on each other to complete the soundscape and avoid a greater loss.' Eight-screen projection.
A Million Little Pieces
6.206

A Million Little Pieces

Aug 30, 2019

A Million Little Pieces
2019 113 min 97 vues
Sigh was made in collaboration with the BBC Concert Orchestra and features a score made especially for it by Academy-Award winning composer Anne Dudley. Dudley comments, 'When I was composing this piece I had in mind Sam's wonderful large photographs from her series Wuthering Heights. This gave me the sense of loss that would transform onto the members of the orchestra as they played without their instruments. I knew that the sound of each section had to come from the right screen and this allowed me to think about the music travelling around the room. Also, I wanted the listener to be able to move around the room and experience a different perspective of sound – very much like strolling through an orchestra. All the sections rely on each other to complete the soundscape and avoid a greater loss.' Eight-screen projection.
Drama
Death Valley
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Death Valley

Sep 15, 2006

Death Valley
2006 8 min 1 vues
Death Valley is recognised as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere and one of the hottst places on earth. The rocks tell a story of endless changes in the earth’s crust - vast depositions, contortions, alternate risings and lowerings, faultings, intense heats and pressures. It is here director Sam Taylor-Wood and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey chose to frame the ‘Death Valley’. The story of a man exploring the experience of self-stimulation, pleasuring, the erotic satisfaction and possibilities with oneself.
Love You More
6.308

Love You More

Feb 05, 2008

Love You More
2008 15 min 13 vues
Two teenagers are drawn together by the Buzzcocks' single 'Love You More' during the summer of 1978.
Drama
6.569

Jun 30, 2017
2017 min 189 vues
Jean Holloway est une thérapeute travaillant à New York et vivant une vie de famille tranquille en banlieue. Mais Jean s'ennuie dans cette vie sans surprise. Elle gère aussi très mal sa jalousie envers l’assistante de son mari et les jugements des mères du quartier suite au questionnement de sa fille concernant son identité sexuelle. Jean utilise aussi des méthodes peu orthodoxes pour aider ses patients. En cachette et sous le pseudonyme "Diane Hart", elle fait connaissance des proches de ses patients pour connaître chaque point de vue, prenant même parfois le risque de se lier d'amitié avec eux. Malheureusement, sa méthode devient de plus en plus risquée quand elle tombe amoureuse et devient vite obsédée par l'attirante Sidney Pierce, l'ex-petite amie manipulatrice de l'un de ses patients.
Drama
6.8

May 21, 2021
2021 min 223 vues
Solos est une série en sept parties qui explore ce qu'il y a d'étrange, de beau, de bouleversant, de désopilant, de vérités profondes dans la condition humaine. Jouée par huit des plus grands acteurs de notre époque, cette collection parle de notre présent, de notre avenir et nous fait prendre conscience que même dans les moments de grande solitude nous sommes reliés par notre expérience humaine.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
7.2

Jan 12, 2023
2023 min 563 vues
En 1977 à New York, une bande de chasseurs de nazis découvrent que des centaines de hauts dignitaires du régime déchu vivent incognito parmi eux et complotent pour instaurer un IVe Reich aux États-Unis. L’équipe hétéroclite de Hunters se lance alors dans une sanglante quête visant à faire traduire ces criminels en justice et à contrecarrer leur projet de génocide.
Crime