Caterpillars and Ants

16mm, black and white, sound, 5.25 min
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The apotheosis of Devensky's work is CATERPILLARS AND ANTS which technically resembles a Lumiere film. The camera starts at a man eating caterpillars for the entire running time. The spectacle is so repulsive ...
Rental format: 16mm

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The apotheosis of Devensky's work is CATERPILLARS AND ANTS which technically resembles a Lumiere film. The camera starts at a man eating caterpillars for the entire running time. The spectacle is so repulsive that the hand-held camera begins to shake wildly, Devensky himself admits that he had to look away during part of the filming. Thus the camera did the looking for him and for us. The experience is quintessentially voyeuristic, as even the filmmaker did not experience first hand what was going on." –Richard Koszarski, New York American

Films

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    Crowds
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    Crowds
    David Devensky

    digital, color and b/w, silent, 38 min
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    Coffee Grinds
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    Coffee Grinds
    David Devensky

    16mm, black and white, silent, 9 min
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    • Comedy
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    Old Time Comedy Night
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    Old Time Comedy Night
    David Devensky

    16mm, black and white, sound, 11 min
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    • Comedy
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    Shorts (8 Films)
    Documentary
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    Shorts (8 Films)
    David Devensky

    16mm, color and b/w, silent and sound, 84 min
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    Comedy Vignettes of 1970
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    Comedy Vignettes of 1970
    David Devensky

    16mm, black and white, sound, 12 min
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    • Comedy
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    Proof
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    Proof
    David Devensky

    16mm, color, sound, 25 min
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Beethoven's Chicken
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    Beethoven's Chicken
    David Devensky

    16mm, color, sound, 6.5 min
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    Evolutions's Step
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    Evolutions's Step
    David Devensky

    16mm, black and white, sound, 10 min
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    • Philosophical
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    Homecall
    Experimental

    Homecall
    David Devensky

    16mm, color and b/w, silent, 7.5 min
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    • Found Footage
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    The Divine Comprehension
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    The Divine Comprehension
    David Devensky

    digital, color and b/w, sound, 31.45 min
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    I Wish I Could Shimy Like My Sister Kate
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    I Wish I Could Shimy Like My Sister Kate
    David Devensky

    16mm, black and white, sound, 2 min
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    • Arts / Artists
    • Dance
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    Vampeer
    Experimental
    Narrative

    Vampeer
    David Devensky

    16mm, color, silent, 10 min
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    • Arts / Artists
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    The Gramophone Man
    Experimental

    The Gramophone Man
    David Devensky

    digital, color and b/w, sound, 85 min
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    The Record Collectors
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    The Record Collectors
    David Devensky

    digital, color, sound, 34.18 min