B. S. Johnson Movies

  • 1971
    Poem

    Poem

    Poem

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    A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William...

    Poem
  • 1969
    Paradigm

    Paradigm

    Paradigm

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    William Hoyland stars as a nameless protagonist who speaks to the camera in a fabricated language and, though the course of the film, transforms from...

    Paradigm
  • 1972
    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

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    Directed by B.S. Johnson.

    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson
  • 1970
    Unfair!

    Unfair!

    Unfair!

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    This incredibly strange short film was commissioned by the union ACTT (Association of Cinematograph, Television and allied Technicians, of which the...

    Unfair!
  • 1973
    Fat Man on a Beach

    Fat Man on a Beach

    Fat Man on a Beach

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    A poet of forty wanders about the beach, changes his clothes when he feels like it, reads his poetry, reminisces engagingly, and reflects on life....

    Fat Man on a Beach
  • 1967
    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

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    After treatment for a slipped disc in a London hospital, a teacher struggles to convey his thoughts on mortality to his class and fellow staff.

    You're Human Like the Rest of Them
  • 1972
    Not Counting the Savages

    Not Counting the Savages

    Not Counting the Savages

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    Directed by Mike Newell.

    Not Counting the Savages
  • 1969
    The Unfortunates

    The Unfortunates

    The Unfortunates

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    Directed by B.S. Johnson.

    The Unfortunates
  • 1969
    The Evacuees

    The Evacuees

    The Evacuees

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    Directed by B. S. Johnson.

    The Evacuees
  • 1971
    March!

    March!

    March!

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    Narrated by celebrated modernist author and filmmaker BS Johnson, March! documents the TUC-instigated protest, on 21 February 1971, against the...

    March!
  • 1968
    Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!

    Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!

    Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!

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    Made in 1968 at the invitation of the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), B.S. Johnson's animated take on Apollinaire's 'Calligrammes' (1918) -...

    Up Yours Too Guillaume Apollinaire!
  • 1970
    The Smithsons on Housing

    The Smithsons on Housing

    The Smithsons on Housing

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    Are tower blocks obsolete? Alison and Peter Smithson are British architects with an international reputation. Currently working on a new...

    The Smithsons on Housing