Movies: Sally Potter

Faces pass by in quickly edited, split-screen recordings. A 'structuralist' film in which the film material itself plays an important role. Grain, scratches and flickering give the film texture. The music is by Steve Reich....

Why do we cry? Can men cry too? When are tears acceptable and when are they not?...

Examines laughter, its representation in film and its day to day function. Well known people from various backgrounds discuss the issue and what it means to them....

A re-framing both of Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando, and of Potter’s film of the same name. Through song and dance, the new film will explore Orlando’s 400 year journey, with questions of class, race, sex, Britain’s imperialist history and what ...

Silent footage of dancers is visually manipulated in a variety of ways....

Children playing on the street....

People who have experienced fear - those involved in the peace movement, a child, a politian and a film director - discuss the psychological and physical aspects of this emotion....