Leslie Thornton

Leslie Thornton at IFFR

• 

  Sahara Mojave

  • Short: As Long As It Takes

  Leslie Thornton | 12' | USA | European premiere

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

• PEGGY AND FRED IN HELL

  Leslie Thornton | 75' | USA | -
• 

  The Expiration

  • Short: As Long As It Takes

  Leslie Thornton | 2' | USA | European premiere

  Peggy and Fred and a rectangle from hell.

• Chimp for Normal Short

  • Ex Voto: Mapping the Heart

  Leslie Thornton | 7' | USA | International premiere

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

• The Great Invisible (work in progress)

  Leslie Thornton | 30' | USA | -
• 

  Paradise Crushed

  • exploding cinema

  Leslie Thornton | 12' | USA | -

  The ‘last’ episode of Thornton’s ongoing science fiction serial Peggy and Fred in Hell encapsulates our history from the Industrial Revolution to the End of…
• 

  Cut from Liquid to Snake

  • Regained

  Leslie Thornton | 26' | USA | None

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

• Let me Count the Ways

  • exploding cinema

  Leslie Thornton | 8' | USA | World premiere

  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.…
• 

  They Were Just People: an Excerpt

  • Deep Focus
  • Regained

  Leslie Thornton | 10' | USA | World premiere

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

  Philosopher’s Walk on the Sublime

  • NHOW
  • Signals: 24/7

  Leslie Thornton | 16' | USA | European premiere

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