Leslie Thornton Movies

  • 1993
    Rhyme 'Em to Death

    Rhyme 'Em to Death

    Rhyme 'Em to Death

    01993HD

    Rhyme 'Em To Death reconstructs the trial from Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame from a new perspective, that of a minor character - the goat....

    Rhyme 'Em to Death
  • 2024
    Little, Big, and Far

    Little, Big, and Far

    Little, Big, and Far

    02024HD

    Karl, a 70-year-old Austrian astronomer, is at a crossroads in life and work. After a conference in Greece, he decides not to return home and heads...

    Little, Big, and Far
  • 1994
    The Last Time I Saw Ron

    The Last Time I Saw Ron

    The Last Time I Saw Ron

    01994HD

    Made in memory of the actor and my friend, Ron Vawter. Ron passed away shortly after the opening performances of the play "Philoktetes Variations,"...

    The Last Time I Saw Ron
  • 2020
    Ground

    Ground

    Ground

    02020HD

    In her eponymous film “Ground” (2020), Thornton outlines the coming into form of a reality in which the ground or base—like the...

    Ground
  • 1990
    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory

    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory

    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory

    01990HD

    Leslie Thornton.

    Introduction to the So-Called Duck Factory
  • 2001
    The Splendor

    The Splendor

    The Splendor

    02001HD

    An episode of Peggy and Fred in Hell.

    The Splendor
  • 2002
    Peggy and Fred in Hell: The Complete Cycle

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: The Complete Cycle

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: The Complete Cycle

    92002HD

    "Highly idiosyncratic and deeply creepy, this series as a whole – which includes passages in both film and video, sometimes shown concurrently...

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: The Complete Cycle
  • 1999
    Another Worldy

    Another Worldy

    Another Worldy

    01999HD

    Another Worldy opens with "The Lucky Girls" dancing atop a New York City skyscraper to the music of an all-female band. Among the many other dancers...

    Another Worldy
  • 1989
    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace

    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace

    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace

    01989HD

    An anti-narrative adventure traveling through a phantasmagoric environment void of stability. The video presents a bizarre compendium of archival and...

    Dung Smoke Enters the Palace
  • 2016
    Crossing

    Crossing

    Crossing

    02016HD

    This video materializes an intense phase of exchange between the artists who belong to two distinct generations and contexts. Thornton, a media...

    Crossing
  • 2013
    Philosophers Walk on the Sublime

    Philosophers Walk on the Sublime

    Philosophers Walk on the Sublime

    02013HD

    The remarkable landscape of the Swiss Alps inflects Thornton's musings on the sublime, as it may be pursued in nature and photography.

    Philosophers Walk on the Sublime
  • 1999
    Chimp for Normal Short

    Chimp for Normal Short

    Chimp for Normal Short

    01999HD

    Thornton's continuing fascination with technology finds an unlikely expression in these digitally manipulated film sequences, in which a chimpanzee's...

    Chimp for Normal Short
  • 2018
    Abyss Film

    Abyss Film

    Abyss Film

    02018HD

    For Abyss Film, Richards and Thornton intermix new videos with raw material from their own extensive archives. By doing so, they break with familiar...

    Abyss Film
  • 2021
    Bee HEMLOCK

    Bee HEMLOCK

    Bee HEMLOCK

    02021HD

    A short by Leslie Thornton from 2021.

    Bee HEMLOCK
  • 1975
    X-TRACTS

    X-TRACTS

    X-TRACTS

    01975HD

    This was my first 16mm film, made with Desmond Horsfield. For the image we created a gridded score of movements, both within the frame ('subject...

    X-TRACTS
  • 1987
    Peggy and Fred in Kansas

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas

    01987HD

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas is one of the earliest installments in Thornton's Peggy and Fred in Hell series. Thornton represents the outside world with...

    Peggy and Fred in Kansas
  • 2013
    The Fold

    The Fold

    The Fold

    02013HD

    The explosive—or perhaps, more appropriately, the implosive—final episode to Thornton's epic Peggy and Fred in Hell, whose production has...

    The Fold
  • 2014
    Binocular Menagerie

    Binocular Menagerie

    Binocular Menagerie

    02014HD

    Different species of animals–on one side the original image and on the other, a kaleidoscopic version.

    Binocular Menagerie
  • 2010
    Photography is Easy - Version 2

    Photography is Easy - Version 2

    Photography is Easy - Version 2

    02010HD

    In the ongoing project Photography is Easy, Thornton continues her investigation of the production of meaning through media such as photography, film...

    Photography is Easy - Version 2
  • 2021
    High Heels Beloved

    High Heels Beloved

    High Heels Beloved

    02021HD

    A short film from Leslie Thornton from 2021.

    High Heels Beloved