Willie Varela Trailers
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Most Popular Willie Varela Trailers
Total trailers found: 31
Juntos en la vida, unidos en la muerte Trailer (1985)
04 June 1985
Literally, ‘Together in Life, United in Death.' Writing found on a gravestone in a cemetery in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Father's Day Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
A document of a family celebration in a suburban backyard.
Recuerdos de Flores Muertas Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
A poetic study of the Concordia Cemetery.
George Kuchar Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Filmmaker George Kuchar relates various childhood traumas, including his obsession with the ‘lean people'.
Passing Through Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
Glimpses of life on the run. Shot in Juarez, Mexico, Austin and El Paso.
Stan & Jane Brakhage Trailer (1981)
31 March 1981
A poignant portrait of Stan and Jane Brakhage visiting Juarez.
This Burning World Trailer (2002)
01 January 2002
"Varela’s use of the diptych form suggests many things: a Warholian endorsement of dispersed attention, a citation to image-in-image news media, an act of forced similitude.
Untitled Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
A light study of surfaces, shapes and colors, ending with a silhouette shot of a woman's mouth
Reaching for the Moon Trailer (1979)
09 September 1979
The third part of Willie Varela's Moon trilogy.
Voladores de Papantla Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
A straightforward documentation of a performance by the Voladores given in Dolores Park, San Francisco, in June of 1984.
Romance Novel Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
8mm film that restricts itself to material shot in a San Antonio motel room and an apartment in El Paso.
In Progress Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
Compiles scenes from medical films; observations of street life; scenes of protest in San Francisco, in the aftermath of Harvey Milk's assassination; and images from mass media (break dancing, rocket launches, Reagan at the start of his second term), all with the characteristic skip of the television set's signal.
Ghost Town Trailer (1974)
01 June 1974
"Ghost Town is a study of wrecked buildings, Varela's camera panning across the strange beauty of the rusted metal, broken glass, and rotting wood of the structures, eventually discovering another symbol of time, a tree that Varela animates by his dynamic exploration.
Light Journals Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
"A series of catalogs of light, "light journals" if you will, dealing with everyday, ordinary realities in such a way that the surrounding light becomes tactile and intimately expressive.
The Birthday Party Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Representative of Varela’s early practice, this piece elevates the aesthetic value of otherwise dismissed environments.
The Last Look Trailer (1981)
31 March 1981
Varela's reflections on home and place before embarking on one of his major life changes, moving from El Paso to San Francisco.
Making is Choosing, a Fragmented Life, a Broken Line, a Series of Observations Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
The filmmaker documents both public-facing aspects of his life as an artist and more personal details about marriage and fatherhood in this long-form diary film.
His Hidden Presence Trailer (1998)
18 March 1998
As Varela moved on from film, working with video from the 1990s to the present, the spiritual and autobiographic concerns of his work remained, evidenced in the longer works that conclude this programme, works in contemplation of sacred and profane experience.
