Barbara Sternberg Movies

  • 2016
    The Human Condition

    The Human Condition

    The Human Condition

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    Ideas about how we live in the world as humans, the difficulties faced, the conditions of our brief existence, accompany us consciously or...

    The Human Condition
  • 2004
    In the Garden

    In the Garden

    In the Garden

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    Where does 'I' leave off and the 'world' begin; when does 'past' end and 'present' begin? Images blurring boundaries suggest the relatedness of...

    In the Garden
  • 2010
    Carl Brown

    Carl Brown

    Carl Brown

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    A short video documentary by Barbara Sternberg, approximating the dual-screen approach of the titular filmmaker. Brown speaks candidly, is shown in a...

    Carl Brown
  • 2004
    Surfacing

    Surfacing

    Surfacing

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    Our busy comings and goings, on the move, working at life are pictured, but layers of images and scratched emulsion make viewing through the depths...

    Surfacing
  • 2011
    In the Nature of Things

    In the Nature of Things

    In the Nature of Things

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    The central image of in the nature of things is the Forest- sometimes fearful, sometimes a refuge, always mysterious, and the multiple associations...

    In the Nature of Things
  • 2007
    Time Being I – IV

    Time Being I – IV

    Time Being I – IV

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    Brief moments of being, fleeting bits out of the surrounding chaos. These 4 shorts films can be shown separately or one after the other on the roll.

    Time Being I – IV
  • 2004
    So What?

    So What?

    So What?

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    Emotions come & go; so do people. The world is an awful & awesome place; so is the mind. We hear dark inner thoughts of a person & see people taking...

    So What?
  • 2003
    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

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    The sensual, with its beauty and possibility of decay, is set beside immutable statues of the Virgin Mary. Images from technological viewing of the...

    Tabula Rasa
  • 1988
    Tending Towards the Horizontal

    Tending Towards the Horizontal

    Tending Towards the Horizontal

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    The voice-over text, written and performed by France Daigle, creates three images which recur alternately throughout the film: a bird flapping its...

    Tending Towards the Horizontal
  • 1996
    What Do You Fear?

    What Do You Fear?

    What Do You Fear?

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    A dog and two cats in France living, naturally.

    What Do You Fear?
  • 1990
    At Present

    At Present

    At Present

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    This film is about love - relations between men and women, conversations in the air. Men are heard in voice-over speaking a love-talk which is...

    At Present
  • 1985
    A Trilogy

    A Trilogy

    A Trilogy

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    A Trilogy
  • 2005
    Praise

    Praise

    Praise

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    Praise
  • 1997
    midst

    midst

    midst

    01997HD

    In midst, Barbara Sternberg has made a lyrical film about attachment, integration, belonging. Many of the familiar elements of Sternberg's work are...

    midst
  • 1991
    Through and Through

    Through and Through

    Through and Through

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    The film is silent except for four short segments of sync sound, interviews with a man and a woman, which touch on two areas: control and anger; and...

    Through and Through
  • 1979
    Opus 40

    Opus 40

    Opus 40

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    Opus 40” is about repetition: repetition in working and living, repetition through multiplicity and series, repetition to form pattern and...

    Opus 40
  • 1982
    Transitions

    Transitions

    Transitions

    01982HD

    Transitions is a film of inner life and speaks of time, reality, power. It depicts the disquieting sensations of being in-between-between falling...

    Transitions