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short films and videos made between 1973 and 1977. Shown variously at Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Castelli gallery, etc.
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DEAD LETTER

David Warrilow plays a man imprisoned for accidentally killing his father while attempting to shoot a letter.
The prison is the man's mind, and his thoughts and memories are played out in unlikely costumes and with strange visitors.
16 mm. 1977, 20 minutes

above, The man recalls his pet bird's sweater.
Right, Igor Josza, as the waiter, brings the man a glass of wine.
Lower Right, Bernd Becker, as the man's father, whistles maniacally while making little farting noises with his hands, shortly before he is shot.

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