David Wojnarowicz Movies

  • 1992
    Listen to This

    Listen to This

    Listen to This

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    Listen to This is a fragment of collective memory that finds critical relevance in contemporary Queer discourse. Tom Rubnitz weaves narration, image,...

    Listen to This
  • 1989
    When I Put My Hands on Your Body

    When I Put My Hands on Your Body

    When I Put My Hands on Your Body

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    The series of five videos Collaborative Film Collection made in collaboration with Marion Scemama in 1989 is emblematic of Wojnarowicz's artistic...

    When I Put My Hands on Your Body
  • 2023
    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

    Relax Be Cruel

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    Filmed in 1983 in New York at Pier 34, this film takes place at an abandoned storehouse which was left at the mercy of the elements and open to...

    Relax Be Cruel
  • 1991
    Bust

    Bust

    Bust

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    A close up head and shoulders of David Wojnarowicz, is the only image. He speaks with characteristic candor and ferocity about his experience being a...

    Bust
  • 1991
    ITSOFOMO

    ITSOFOMO

    ITSOFOMO

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    ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion) is a multimedia performance collaboration created by artist David Wojnarowicz and composer/musician Ben...

    ITSOFOMO
  • 1983
    American Obsessions

    American Obsessions

    American Obsessions

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    Richard Kern’s 1983 film "American Obsessions" features David Wojnarowicz interacting with plaster heads from his “Metamorphosis”...

    American Obsessions
  • 1990
    A Fire in My Belly

    A Fire in My Belly

    A Fire in My Belly

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    Experimental short film that explores themes of religion, violence, and gender/masculinity.

    A Fire in My Belly
  • 1988
    Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

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    Beautiful People was one of the last films David Wojnarowicz made before his death. The film follows Jesse Hultberg as he makes himself up in drag...

    Beautiful People
  • 1970
    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)

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    Immediately after David’s friend and mentor, photographer Peter Hujar, died of AIDS in a New York hospital on November 26, 1987, David took...

    Unfinished film (sequence in memory of Peter Hujar)
  • 1978
    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York

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    1978–79. Slideshow, approx. 7 min. Courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W, New York.

    Arthur Rimbaud in New York
  • 1970
    All I can feel is the pressure

    All I can feel is the pressure

    All I can feel is the pressure

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    David Wojnarowicz speaking before his death. Tens pounds of pressure, tens pounds of rage

    All I can feel is the pressure