Telephones, 1995 - Christian Marclay

Christian Marclay's "Telephones" (1995), a 7 1/2-minute compilation of brief Hollywood film clips that creates a narrative of its own. These linked-together snippets of scenes involve innumerable well-known actors such as Cary Grant, Tippi Hedren, Ray Milland, Humphrey Bogart and Meg Ryan, who dial, pick up the receiver, converse, react, say good-bye and hang up. In doing so, they express a multitude of emotions--surprise, desire, anger, disbelief, excitement, boredom--ultimately leaving the impression that they are all part of one big conversation. The piece moves easily back and forth in time, as well as between color and black-and-white, aided by Marclay's whimsical notions of continuity.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• cult
• Avant-garde
• classic
• psychotronic
• supercut
• apple

[jericoba]

Excellent!

[majacrmarkers]

I saw this at the Harn Meseum of Art and it was longer. Loved it, but was disappointed the full length wasn't here.

[xpi7]

This is mental!!!

[feldspar42]

This is wonderful! The emotive communication the story in each movement of the rotary, the era of each of the unique ring tones. 

[rwostone]

film clips linked together

[pandrofake]

...thanks a lot for upload this.