Ragnar Kjartansson Movies

  • 2013
    A Lot of Sorrow

    A Lot of Sorrow

    A Lot of Sorrow

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    Icelandic artist and musician Ragnar Kjartansson’s often intensely durational performance-based works manifest a rare synthesis of pathos and...

    A Lot of Sorrow
  • 2012
    The Visitors

    The Visitors

    The Visitors

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    A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a 64-minute durational performance Kjartansson staged with some...

    The Visitors
  • 2003
    Kissing

    Kissing

    Kissing

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    No plot found

    Kissing
  • 2019
    Death is Elsewhere

    Death is Elsewhere

    Death is Elsewhere

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    In this seven-channel video installation, two pairs of identical twin musicians circle each other, playing the same endless song.

    Death is Elsewhere
  • 2002
    Death and the Children

    Death and the Children

    Death and the Children

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    Single-channel video, 4' 54"

    Death and the Children
  • 2004
    Satan Is Real

    Satan Is Real

    Satan Is Real

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    Kjartansson appears bare-chested and buried waist-deep in a Reykjavik public park. Strumming a guitar, he plaintively sings the...

    Satan Is Real
  • 2010
    The Man

    The Man

    The Man

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    Ragnar Kjartansson meets with American blues musician Pinetop Perkins in a field near Pinetop's home in Austin, Texas. Ragnar films Pinetop in the...

    The Man
  • 2022
    No Tomorrow

    No Tomorrow

    No Tomorrow

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    No Tomorrow is a new video installation by Kjartansson, choreographer Margrét Bjarnadóttir, and composer Bryce Dessner. Spanning six...

    No Tomorrow
  • 2005
    Mercy

    Mercy

    Mercy

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    The video Mercy (2005) presents an alt-country ode consisting of a single lyric — "Oh why do I keep on hurting you" — which Kjartansson,...

    Mercy