Chris Petit Movies

  • 1998
    Maggid Street

    Maggid Street

    Maggid Street

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    A vagrant is taken in by a south London surgeon, who subjects him to a series of violent procedures, in the hope of recovering the inner daimon, the...

    Maggid Street
  • 1999
    Negative Space

    Negative Space

    Negative Space

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    A portrait of film critic Manny Farber, featuring interviews with Farber and art critic Dave Hickey, as well as inventively displayed clips of the...

    Negative Space
  • 1998
    Dead TV

    Dead TV

    Dead TV

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    A short film detailing the ways that TV has failed as a creative and expressive medium in the UK through various sped up and slowed down clips of...

    Dead TV
  • 1990
    Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

    Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

    Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard

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    A film essay on Ballard's fiction, and its unrealised cinematic potential, with particular reference to David Cronenberg's (yet to be filmed) Crash,...

    Moving Pictures: J.G. Ballard
  • 1993
    Surveillance

    Surveillance

    Surveillance

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    A mini film-essay made up of CCTV footage.

    Surveillance
  • 1994
    Rudy Wurlitzer

    Rudy Wurlitzer

    Rudy Wurlitzer

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    Some of Petit's works were made for television. In this session, the three films are about three major figures in the English universe: filmmaker...

    Rudy Wurlitzer
  • 2001
    The Carfax Fragment

    The Carfax Fragment

    The Carfax Fragment

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    Chris Petit's experimental take on "Dracula".

    The Carfax Fragment