SIX SHORT FILMS (Peanut Butter, Water, Stars, Execution)

SIX SHORT FILMS (Peanut Butter, Water, Stars, Execution)

color, sound
Originally shot in Super-8 film This compilation was screened at Bill Creston's mid-career retrospective Cineprobe at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, in 1988.SIX SHORT FILMS, 1976, Super-8 Sound film ...

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Originally shot in Super-8 film This compilation was screened at Bill Creston's mid-career retrospective Cineprobe at The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, in 1988.SIX SHORT FILMS, 1976, Super-8 Sound film by Bill Creston:
SCHAEFER’S ANTIQUES. Bill Creston, Barbara Rosenthal, Roz Moulton and Tony Moulton drive out in Tony’s truck to buy a used woodburning stove for Creston, in the Missouri back country. Color. (Music: Red River Valley)
STREET STUDY. Unochoregraphed movents of a street drunk. Color. (Music: a capella country singing)
THIS IS NOT A RECORDING. A brief, scripted scene of a man in early middle age, in a small beard and cigarette, selecting a record and putting it on a turntable. Cast: Carl Methfessel. Black and White. (Music: Gabor Szabo, “Mizrab.” One line of voice-over dialog.)
GARBAGE DANCE. This synchronized, rhythmic, far-reaching arm movements of a single individual alone in the street. (Disco music.)

Films

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    Open 7 Days a Week, 24 Hours a Day
    Experimental

    Open 7 Days a Week, 24 Hours a Day
    Bill Creston

    color, sound
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Arts / Artists
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    Video Journal II, From Grandma’s House to Bar Mitzvah
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Video Journal II, From Grandma’s House to Bar Mitzvah
    Bill Creston

    black and white, sound, 60 min
    Rental format: VHS NTSC
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Science / Medicine
    • Arts / Artists
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Spiritual / Mystical
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    SEG (Special Effects Generator)
    Documentary
    Experimental

    SEG (Special Effects Generator)
    Bill Creston

    black and white, sound
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Political / Social Activism
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    CRACKS
    Documentary
    Experimental
    Narrative

    CRACKS
    Bill Creston

    DVD, digital file , black and white, sound, 10 min
    Rental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC
    • Philosophical
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    Cripple

    Cripple
    Bill Creston

    black and white, sound, 7 min
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    Newsdealer (I'm a Man)
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Newsdealer (I'm a Man)
    Bill Creston

    black and white, sound, 5 min
    • Political / Social Activism
    • Arts / Artists
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    Video Journal II From Grandma's House To Bar Mitzvah
    Documentary
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Video Journal II From Grandma's House To Bar Mitzvah
    Bill Creston

    video, black and white, sound, 60 min
    Rental format: VHS NTSC
    • Biography / Autobiography
    • Children / Youth
    • Found Footage
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Botanica Prayer, 24th & 7thw
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Botanica Prayer, 24th & 7thw
    Bill Creston

    2 min
    Rental format: Digital file
    • Science / Medicine
    • Philosophical
    • LGBT / Queer
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    Taxi, Taxi
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Taxi, Taxi
    Bill Creston

    color, sound
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    Leonard Moltz, Sewing Machine
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Leonard Moltz, Sewing Machine
    Bill Creston

    color, sound, 14 min
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    Ola, A Film By Her Father
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Ola, A Film By Her Father
    Bill Creston

    Rental format: Digital file
    • Psychology / Mental Health
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    Runner
    Experimental

    Runner
    Bill Creston

    color, sound, 18 min
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    Runner

    Runner
    Bill Creston

    super-8, color and b/w, sound, 17.5 min
    Rental format: super8
    • Arts / Artists
    • Environment / Nature
    • Landscape / Architecture
    • Music
    • Structural
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    I Saw Where You Was Last Night

    I Saw Where You Was Last Night
    Bill Creston

    color, sound, 14 min
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    You Ever Hear of Wyatt Earp?
    Experimental

    You Ever Hear of Wyatt Earp?
    Bill Creston

    super-8, color, sound, 10 min
    Rental format: super8
    • Political / Social Activism
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    I Saw Where You Was Last Night
    Experimental

    I Saw Where You Was Last Night
    Bill Creston

    super-8, color, sound, 13.5 min
    Rental format: super8
    • Arts / Artists
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    Peanut Butter

    Peanut Butter
    Bill Creston

    super-8, color, sound, 4.5 min
    Rental format: super8
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    You Ever Hear of Wyatt Earp?
    Experimental

    You Ever Hear of Wyatt Earp?
    Bill Creston

    Rental formats: Digital file, super8
    • Psychology / Mental Health
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    Coupons
    Documentary
    Experimental

    Coupons
    Bill Creston

    color, sound, 8 min
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    PEANUT BUTTER, ETC. (Peanut Butter, Water, Stars, Execution)
    Experimental
    Narrative

    PEANUT BUTTER, ETC. (Peanut Butter, Water, Stars, Execution)
    Bill Creston

    color, sound, 5 min
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     GARBAGE, ETC. (Garbage, Comedy, The Bank Loan, The Dropped Coin, Your Brother Seymour)
    Experimental
    Narrative

    GARBAGE, ETC. (Garbage, Comedy, The Bank Loan, The Dropped Coin, Your Brother Seymour)
    Bill Creston

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    5:30 A.M. TAXI REAR VIEW MIRROR C
    Documentary
    Experimental
    Narrative

    5:30 A.M. TAXI REAR VIEW MIRROR C
    Bill Creston

    color, sound, 16 min
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    • Body
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    Lunch Hour
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Lunch Hour
    Bill Creston

    black and white, sound, 5 min
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    He Stole My Gun
    Experimental
    Narrative

    He Stole My Gun
    Bill Creston

    black and white, sound
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    The Urinals
    Documentary
    Experimental

    The Urinals
    Bill Creston

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