Made for Television
I don't know why this film is narrated by the voice of a cartoonish hick. I do know that the narration is unmistakeably from Ripley's Believe It Or Not. The...
William Farley
Films
Being
Being
Dir. William Farley
(1975)
9 minutes
- Genres:
- Independent
- Avant-garde / Culture Jamming
- Cult / Psychotronic
- Ephemera / Advertising
- Short / Narrative
A man sits in front of his TV. The man's behavior watching television becomes a commentary on contemporary culture.
The Bell Rang to an Empty Sky
The Bell Rang to an Empty Sky
Dir. William Farley
(1977)
4 minutes
- Genres:
- Independent
- Documentary / History
- Drama / Pseudodocumentary
- Short / Documentary
The selection of images (the iconography and meaning, effectively explored through juxtaposition) creates a powerful work.
Made for Television
Made for Television
Dir. William Farley
(1981)
4 minutes
- Genres:
- Avant-garde / Culture Jamming
- Cult / Psychotronic
- Ephemera / Advertising
- Short / Non-Narrative
A dense assemblage of excerpts from television commercials juxtaposed to a soundtack of extraordinary facts about human beings. MADE FOR TELEVISION presents a humorous and critical view of TV advertising manipulation.
Become an Artist
Become an Artist
Dir. William Farley
(1982)
1 minute
- Genres:
- Independent
- Comedy / Mockumentary
- Short / Narrative
A satire on television pitches and how society sees the self-importance of artists.
Tribute
Tribute
Dir. William Farley
(1986)
6 minutes
- Genres:
- Short / Non-Narrative
- Avant-garde / Culture Jamming
TRIBUTE is an affirmative view of life and death. Images emerge from darkness and hurl us toward remembrances of the purity and conflict that are always part of our collective experience of being alive.
The Stories
The Stories
Dir. William Farley
(2005)
5 minutes
- Genres:
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- Independent
- Short / Narrative
- Comedy / Dysfunctional Family
Like a Sufi tale, THE STORIES conjures a profound situation and then undercuts it with an understated efficiency that jolts us into a moment of altered awareness.
Recent Reviews
Become an Artist
FATHER GUIDO SARDUCCI! Enough said.
Made for Television
Worth the 4 minutes!
Become an Artist
That was fantastic.
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