Aryan Kaganof Trailers
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Aryan Kaganof is a South African film maker, novelist, poet and fine artist.
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A Leisure Society of Severe Preponderence Trailer (2011)
27 July 2011
A devastating assault on conformity culture, neo-liberal politics, literary pretension and the all-around follies of the Western world.
Elelwani Trailer (2012)
19 July 2012
Elelwani is a young university-educated woman who has been brought up in an environment steeped in tradition.
Beyond Ultra Violence: Uneasy Listening by Merzbow Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
Documentary about and with the Japanese electronic composer and artist Merzbow.
The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man Trailer (1994)
10 April 1994
The Dead Man returns, but it's too late to save us. We are already dead.
Signal to Noise Trailer (1998)
29 June 1998
Short documentary on Japanese noise artist Merzbow by South African filmmaker Aryan Kaganof. Filmed on location at the Kamakura Temple, Japan, 1997.
Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers Trailer (1994)
01 September 1994
Based on the writings of: J.G. Ballard, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Henry Rollins, Roberta Lannes, Edmund Emil Kemper, etc.
Oedipus and Punishment: An Interview with Edmund Emil Kemper Trailer (2005)
05 June 2005
Oedipus and Punishment (2005) is an adaptation of a pre-existent sketch in Aryan Kaganof's early masterpiece Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers (1994), which the auteur made when he still went by his birth name 'Ian Kerkhof.
Venom And Eternity For Dummies Trailer (2012)
22 March 2012
Venom And Eternity For Dummies (2012) is a tribute to letterist poet Isidore Isou (On Venom and Eternity).
Tokyo Elegy Trailer (1999)
14 August 1999
Fugitive Jack is doing everything in his power to evade both the police and gangsters. Assuming he’s in the clear, he moves in with Keiko, a pornstar whose early life in an abusive family still haunts her.
Sylvia Kristel, Jaren Later... Trailer (1998)
21 April 1998
This is a never released piece of video art created by Aryan Kaganof when he still went by his birth name 'Ian Kerkhof' based on an installation he created in 'tribute' to Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel.
Nicola's First Orgasm Trailer (2003)
03 June 2003
“We cannot abstain from watching the revelation of a being that would be an object neither for herself nor for any other gaze and yet which would effect, in the mystery of her own invisibility, the condensation of all objectivity.
Carnage in the Charnel House Trailer (1991)
24 July 1991
1991 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
Acèphale's First Recording / The Resurrection Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
Acèphale is an artistic cell of solo and group performances involving various members. It has performed internationally in such countries as the United States, Germany, Italy, Holland, Mongolia and Japan.
Bloodbath Trailer (1991)
24 July 1991
1991 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
Sonic Fragments: The Radikal-Re:Mix Trailer (2000)
27 July 2000
In 2000, Kaganof collaborated with four other filmmakers on the cinematic manifesto Sonic Fragments - The Poetics of Digital Fragmentation (2000).
Click Here to Unsubscribe Trailer (2008)
10 April 2008
“Click Here to Unsubscribe”, Aryan Kaganof’s latest short film, commemorates the revolutionary values of May ’68, 40 years on.
The Promise of Water Trailer (2015)
04 April 2015
If I sometimes film anything political, it is by necessity focused on the terror of normality which totally dominates all the channels which are supposed to contain free communication.
AT LAST I AM FREE Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
I walk on the rim of the abyss, and I tremble. Two voices contend within me. The mind: “Why waste ourselves by pursuing the impossible? Within the holy enclosure of our five senses it is our duty to acknowledge the limitations of man.
The Solipsist Trailer (1991)
24 July 1991
1991 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
Requiem Trailer (1991)
24 July 1991
1991 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
In Media Res Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
After the first time she swore it was the last time. She would never fuck again. Not ever.
“Nique ta mère!” Trailer (2004)
01 July 2004
“Nique ta mère!” (2004) is a 'Radikal-Re:Mix' of Kaganof's own Georges Bataille adaptation The Dead Man 2: Return of the Dead Man (1994) that incorporates new music and tons of new footage.
Decolonising Wits Trailer (2015)
20 June 2015
Decolonising Wits is filmmaker and author Aryan Kaganof’s feature-length film looking at the Wits University end of what has come to be called the #RhodesMustFall movement.
Crash Trailer (1990)
24 July 1990
1990 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
Sweetness Trailer (2012)
27 July 2012
This is a rare unreleased Aryan Kaganof short that has never been released in any form. It features scenes from Kaganof's early feature The Mozart Bird (1993), including scenes that were cut from the film.
Venus in Furs Trailer (2001)
31 March 2001
While still living in Amsterdam under his birth name 'Ian Kerkhof,' Aryan Kaganof co-penned the script for his friends Victor Nieuwenhuijs and Maartje Seyferth's debut feature Venus in Furs (1995), which is undoubtedly the most faithful cinematic adaptation of the S&M-themed Leopold von Sacher-Masoch novella of the same name.
Portraits of a Young Eastern-European Jewish Orphan Girl Trailer (2003)
05 June 2003
Portraits of a Young Orphan Jewish Girl from Eastern-Europe (2003) is a very short film, a confirmation of the possibility of creating cinematic masterpieces with an non-existent budget.
Die Ander Rebellie Trailer (2010)
12 December 2010
The hour-long documentary, entitled Die Ander Rebellie, delves into aspects of the recent labour unrest mostly hidden from view in daily media reports.
Seascape Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ Trailer (2001)
24 July 2001
The two sides of the end of culture–in all the aspects of knowledge as well as in all the aspects of perceptible representations exist in a unified manner in what used to be art in the most general sense.
The Boy Who Masturbated Himself to Climax Trailer (1990)
24 July 1990
1990 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
Jaap Hoogstra: Geboorte Werd Hem Zijn Dood Trailer (2005)
29 May 2005
Jaap Hoogstra: Geboorte Werd Hem Zijn Dood (2005) AKA Jaap Hoogstra - A Piece of Monologue is a portrait of the gay Dutch theatre actor Jaap Hoogstra (1915–1998), who is famous for bringing Samuel Beckett to the Lowlands.
Sharp, Sharp! - The Kwaito Story Trailer (2003)
05 August 2003
This documentary explores kwaito music developed in South Africa in the late 1990s and includes interviews with musicians, DJ's and producers as well as music clips.
Self-Portrait With Nanny Trailer (2004)
01 July 2004
Self-portrait with Nanny (2004) is a gem from last year. The faded images of Kaganof as a baby put to retro burlesque music are a reference to the silent films of long ago.
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories Trailer (1995)
31 May 1995
Filmmaker Aryan Kaganof goes behind the scenes of Matthew Barney's impossible to find short "March of the Anal Sadistic Warrior (1998).
A Symbolic Exchange Trailer (2007)
04 April 2007
“A man thinks when he touches a woman’s body it is only her body he is touching. It really is her soul, her brain, her creative power.
Egmond Ghost Poem Trailer (1991)
24 July 1991
1991 experimental short by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones Trailer (2004)
25 July 2004
Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones (2002) is the fifth of seven films in Kaganof's The Suprematist Compositions.
The Flaw in Love Trailer (2015)
04 October 2015
One does not learn the art of Blind Fiilmmaking, one lives and experiences it, for no science will give you the key to the mysteries of the soul.
Primal Scene Trailer (2002)
24 July 2002
PRIMAL SCENE: in Freudian analysis the traumatic moment when the child sees its parents engaged in sexual intercourse for the first time.
The Murder Mystery Trailer (2004)
01 July 2004
The Murder Mystery (2004) is an adaptation of a pre-existent sketch in Aryan Kaganof's early masterpiece Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers (1994), which the auteur made when he still went by his birth name 'Ian Kerkhof.
DIABELLI VARIATION XXXIII Trailer (2003)
17 July 2003
(South Africa, 17 July 2003, 5min, DV) This short film is a collaboration of Aryan Kaganof and Nicola Deane (director of photography) and part of the VIRGINS series.
Suprematist composition #36: Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
I am not learned; I am not ignorant. I have known joys. That is saying too little: I am alive, and this life gives me the greatest pleasure.
Stations of the Cross Trailer (1990)
24 July 1990
1990 short experimental film by Aryan Kaganof, made under his birth name: Ian Kerkhof
Mother's Day (Frans Zwartjes re-mix) Trailer (2014)
30 March 2014
Synopsis: a radikal re-mix by Aryan Kaganof of three Frans Zwartjes films commissioned by Frank Scheffer.
A Sacrifice Trailer (2004)
25 July 2004
A SACRIFICE (South Africa, 2003, 13min19sec, 16mm/DVcam) A re-mix of the experimental classic CORRIDOR (1970) by Standish Lawder, with music by Jaques Casteréde and Geez n Gosh.
Society Of The Spectacle Trailer (2013)
03 June 2013
Society Of The Spectacle (2013) is basically a remix of Kaganof's Guy Debord tribute Click Here to Unsubscribe (2008), albeit at about ten times the speed.
Katjira's Two Funerals Trailer (2010)
18 November 2010
Master griot Katjira’s death, which is the beginning of this film, sets off a series of discussions within his tribe about the future of the tribe and particularly about who katjira’s successor should be.
The Third Aktion Trailer (2007)
01 July 2007
South African auteur Aryan Kaganof plunders George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Alain Resnais' L'année dernière à Marienbad (1961) AKA Last Year at Marienbad.
The Creepy Pegman and The Upsidedown Woman Trailer (1993)
01 September 1993
Short film in which a group of children get to know the Enge Knijperman (the Grisly Pincher Man) who falls madly in love with the Onderstebovenvrouw (Upside-down Woman).
Western 4.33 Trailer (2001)
16 November 2001
Vertiginous documentary, shot in effective black-and-white, treats two painful histories. The first is a love story about a truck driver who, on his way from Johannesburg (South Africa) to Luderitz (Namibia), is haunted by thoughts of his girlfriend and their recently severed relationship.
Under the Palms Trailer (1999)
22 September 1999
This film was shot entirely in Rotterdam and shows the German couple David (Helmut Berger) and Tanya (Sheri Hagen) who are kept by Ludwig (Udo Kier), David's half-brother.
The Sequence of Parallel Bars Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
The film opens with a rubber-clad woman stepping sensuously out of a limousine. The camera lovingly closes-up on her stilletoed foot.
Wasted! Trailer (1996)
14 November 1996
Twentysomething innocents Jacqui and Martijn move to Amsterdam and immerse themselves in the intense and drug-laden underground club scene.
Night is Coming - A Threnody For The Victims of Marikana Trailer (2014)
03 May 2014
"A film about musicologists who can’t dance, nonetheless dancing in, and (not) talking about, a landscape they cannot see, not because they are blind, but because they; like Neville Chamberlain – whose grimly baffling lack of insight they bring to mind: are entirely out of touch with both the ontology and epistemology of the harsh South African reality they waltz in and out of.
Reich Dance Redemption Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Distorted postvideo fragments featuring music by Berlin inconoclast Alec Empire set to frantically edited hypertextbombs.
The Mozart Bird Trailer (1993)
09 September 1993
Howard and Selene are two English-speaking foreigners living in Amsterdam who begin a casual affair that turns serious and then starts to deteriorate.
MINNAMANNA Trailer (1996)
04 April 1996
I think at bottom, that the structure of the film is the structure of the person's mind who made it, and if that is a mind that is striving for effect because it is striving for effect, the film will be empty, however interesting it happens to be on the surface.
SMS Sugar Man Trailer (2008)
01 March 2008
Brooding pimp Sugar Man escorts his three ladies of the night (Sugars) to various clients on Christmas Eve in Johannesburg, South Africa.
An Inconsolable Memory Trailer (2013)
25 November 2013
A reconstruction of the history of South Africa’s first opera company, Eoan, and an exercise in getting at the truth, not only showing what it meant to be "a colored" during the apartheid regime, but also evoking the painful memories of that time.
