Leslie Thornton

Leslie Thornton at IFFR

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  Sahara Mojave

  A little trip to Hollywood via North Africa, circa 1900.

  • Short: As Long As It Takes

• PEGGY AND FRED IN HELL
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  The Expiration

  Peggy and Fred and a rectangle from hell.

  • Short: As Long As It Takes

• Chimp for Normal Short

  A statement on the course of civilisation made by studying a monkey at the wheel.

  • Ex Voto: Mapping the Heart

• The Great Invisible (work in progress)
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  Paradise Crushed

  The ‘last’ episode of Thornton’s ongoing science fiction serial Peggy and Fred in Hell encapsulates our history from the Industri

  • exploding cinema
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  Cut from Liquid to Snake

  From a phone recording made during the Trump election campaign to an eyewitness account of the bombing of Hiroshima: how to articulate an awareness

  • Regained

• Let me Count the Ways

  Another instalment in the never-ending saga of Peggy and Fred in Hell, a project that Thornton continues to elaborate upon since more than a decade

  • exploding cinema
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  They Were Just People: an Excerpt

  Two circles, twice the same image: a restless pool of simmering tar. The soundtrack also evokes hellish associations: an eyewitness report of atom

  • Deep Focus
  • Regained
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  Philosopher’s Walk on the Sublime

  During a serious mountain hike, a group of intellectuals debate the concept of the sublime. When words fail, the camera comes to the rescue.

  • NHOW
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