Bjørn Melhus Movies

  • 2023
    Piaffe

    Piaffe

    Piaffe

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    When her sibling Zara suffers a nervous breakdown, the introvert Eva is forced to take on Zara’s job as a Foley artist. She struggles to create...

    Piaffe
  • 1989
    Ultima Thule

    Ultima Thule

    Ultima Thule

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    Although photographer Horn has been back from Scotland for a while, he still has to think about his irritating and fleeting encounter with a stranger...

    Ultima Thule
  • 2024
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    02024HD

    The film [dramatic music continues], which uses subtitles of audio descriptions from various war films, is a reflection on our current media...

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  • 2019
    SUGAR

    SUGAR

    SUGAR

    72019HD

    In a post-apocalyptic world not dissimilar to the present, SUGAR, a humanoid robot that can feel, think and dance, is sent out to bring a human touch...

    SUGAR
  • 2019
    The End Time

    The End Time

    The End Time

    02019HD

    “The End Time” was developed for the exhibition Spectral Afterlives at Sprengel Museum Hannover on occasion of the publication of...

    The End Time
  • 2013
    Sudden Destruction

    Sudden Destruction

    Sudden Destruction

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    An exorcist ritual in a hotel room at night falling on Which a spasm-ridden medium predicts "sudden destruction".

    Sudden Destruction
  • 2015
    Freedom & Independence

    Freedom & Independence

    Freedom & Independence

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    Against the backdrop of an unfathomable megalopolis, in a story that follows the associative qualities of a dream logic, the protagonists quote from...

    Freedom & Independence
  • 2023
    Resolution

    Resolution

    Resolution

    02023HD

    Referencingthe death scene of Sol Roth, played by Edward G. Robinson, in the 1973 movie Soylent Green, and old man on a hospital bed moves through an...

    Resolution
  • 2023
    HOMESICK

    HOMESICK

    HOMESICK

    02023HD

    HOMESICK
  • 1970
    Toast

    Toast

    Toast

    01970HD

    Toast, buttered or not, is an example of commodification of food. Symbolic of a society where time is money, the toaster allows for instant...

    Toast
  • 2011
    Das Badezimmer

    Das Badezimmer

    Das Badezimmer

    02011HD

    In reference to the trailer of Psycho (USA 1960), narrated in German by Alfred Hitchcock himself, a gardener with a chainsaw guides us through the...

    Das Badezimmer
  • 2019
    Doors of Reception

    Doors of Reception

    Doors of Reception

    02019HD

    Doors of Reception is a collage of door sounds from various science fiction films, creating an abstract sound painting of opening and closing colour...

    Doors of Reception
  • 1990
    America Sells

    America Sells

    America Sells

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    America Sells
  • 1995
    Far Far Away

    Far Far Away

    Far Far Away

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    With her green bow in her hair, a naïve Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz embodies an aspect of the artist’s own personal context. She is...

    Far Far Away
  • 1998
    AGAIN AND AGAIN

    AGAIN AND AGAIN

    AGAIN AND AGAIN

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    In the video installation “Again & Again” Melhus tells—not without humor—the story of a person engaged in an inner dialogue...

    AGAIN AND AGAIN
  • 1991
    Ich weiss nicht, wer das ist

    Ich weiss nicht, wer das ist

    Ich weiss nicht, wer das ist

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    Ich weiss nicht, wer das ist
  • 1987
    Cornflakes

    Cornflakes

    Cornflakes

    01987HD

    Cornflakes
  • 1997
    No Sunshine

    No Sunshine

    No Sunshine

    01997HD

    A short story about new bodies, the power of denial, and a state of no sunshine. Two infantile bodies float in a cyberspace ball, connected by two...

    No Sunshine