Bill Viola Movies

  • 2026
    Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz

    Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz

    Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz

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    For half a century, photographer Ruth Walz has been immersing herself in Europe’s theaters and opera houses, capturing the action on stage with...

    Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz
  • 1995
    Trovoada

    Trovoada

    Trovoada

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    Trovoada
  • 1976
    The Space Between the Teeth

    The Space Between the Teeth

    The Space Between the Teeth

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    The Space Between the Teeth is based on the structure of acoustic phenomena and the psychological dynamics of a man screaming at the end of a long...

    The Space Between the Teeth
  • 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

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    Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

    What Is Cinema?
  • 2017
    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

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    Gerald Fox’s film documents Bill Viola and his wife and close collaborator Kira Perov’s odyssey to create two permanent video...

    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
  • 1981
    Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

    Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

    Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

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    With a title referring to Japanese folklore, wherein things done on the first day of a new year are significant, the film - an ardent dream entirely...

    Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
  • 2018
    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

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    Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple...

    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
  • 2002
    Going Forth By Day

    Going Forth By Day

    Going Forth By Day

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    The film is a five-part projection-based installation, which addresses the complexity of human existence through the themes of individuality,...

    Going Forth By Day
  • 1984
    Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers

    Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers

    Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers

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    "Reverse Television" was created in the mid-1980's by video artist Bill Viola. The 30-second portraits were about portraiture and the idea of a...

    Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
  • 1975
    A Million Other Things (2)

    A Million Other Things (2)

    A Million Other Things (2)

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    In A Million Other Things (2), changes in light and sound on the edge of a pond during an eight-hour period from day to night are composed in...

    A Million Other Things (2)
  • 1995
    The Veiling

    The Veiling

    The Veiling

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    The sculptural video installation consists of nine scrims suspended parallel to one another. Projectors at either end of the row of scrims show...

    The Veiling
  • 2002
    The Voyage

    The Voyage

    The Voyage

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    The fourth video in the five-part digital-image cycle project "Going Forth By Day" (2002), "The Voyage" features an elderly man who is dying,...

    The Voyage
  • 1975
    Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely

    Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely

    Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely

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    Playing Soul Music to My Freckles is a minimalist performance in which a bare loudspeaker, playing an Aretha Franklin song, is seen on the artist's...

    Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
  • 1986
    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

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    "I Do Not Know What It Is that I Am Like" juxtaposes images of animals, both wild and domestic, and natural environments with human activity as it...

    I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
  • 2014
    Martyrs

    Martyrs

    Martyrs

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    Created by Bill Viola and Kira Perov and opened in May 2014, Martyrs shows four individuals, across four colour vertical plasma screens, being...

    Martyrs
  • 1983
    Anthem

    Anthem

    Anthem

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    A series of shots depicting "America" are laid over a classic Gregorian Chant recreated through the distortion of a woman's screams.

    Anthem
  • 1970
    Processing the Signal

    Processing the Signal

    Processing the Signal

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    Processing the Signal
  • 2004
    The Raft

    The Raft

    The Raft

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    A small crowd of people are gathered in wait when they are suddenly struck by a massive onslaught of water.

    The Raft
  • 1992
    The Passing

    The Passing

    The Passing

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    Internationally acclaimed and award-winning video installation artist Bill Viola juxtaposes personal pictures of his mother's death with images of...

    The Passing
  • 2003
    Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

    Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

    Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

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    Hailed as the "Rembrandt of the Video Age," renowned American artist Bill Viola became the first contemporary artist ever to be featured in a one-man...

    Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart