Ryan Trecartin Movies

  • 2003
    What's The Love Making Babies For

    What's The Love Making Babies For

    What's The Love Making Babies For

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    Trecartin's extraordinary digital manipulations reach a new level as he speculates in vivid animation about reproduction, sexuality, and contemporary...

    What's The Love Making Babies For
  • 2013
    Comma Boat

    Comma Boat

    Comma Boat

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    In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who...

    Comma Boat
  • 2001
    Kitchen Girl

    Kitchen Girl

    Kitchen Girl

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    In Kitchen Girl, Trecartin's frequent collaborator Lizzie Fitch throws herself into a state of total hysteria, portraying a girl who takes the...

    Kitchen Girl
  • 2001
    Belly's

    Belly's

    Belly's

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    This rare collection of Ryan Trecartin's early short films, produced as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, showcase the artist's...

    Belly's
  • 2016
    Permission Streak

    Permission Streak

    Permission Streak

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    Permission Streak opens with a question: “Can you tell the difference between a camera and a camera?” Shown in a sculptural theater that...

    Permission Streak
  • 2002
    Love Part One

    Love Part One

    Love Part One

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    A short film showcasing the artist’s maturation in experimental video which would culminate in his debut feature film – “A Family...

    Love Part One
  • 2001
    Valentine's Day Girl

    Valentine's Day Girl

    Valentine's Day Girl

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    Trecartin crafts a fantastical narrative about a girl whose obsessive personal utopia is disrupted. Trecartin's collaborator, Lizzie Fitch, plays a...

    Valentine's Day Girl
  • 2002
    Yo! A Romantic Comedy

    Yo! A Romantic Comedy

    Yo! A Romantic Comedy

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    In Yo! A Romantic Comedy, Trecartin borrows clichés from hip-hop culture and genre films to craft a dark, dream-like narrative that veers from...

    Yo! A Romantic Comedy