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Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Domestic (as long as it lasts)
2002 0h 14m EN
Documentary
Synopsis
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Domestic (as long as it lasts) was made in 2002 in Gordon’s one-bedroom apartment in downtown New York City. It shows the artist’s foot repeatedly kicking the camera around a clean, quiet domestic space until the video blacks out. The victim of the booting, the camera itself, is recording the footage we see. The viewer is disoriented by the film’s upsetting of the conventional relationship between documenting and participating, which makes the camera complicit in the act.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Douglas Gordon
Himself
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Douglas Gordon
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
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The take
Douglas Gordon directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 14-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 24 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 14 min · 0h 14m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Douglas Gordon
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2002-01-01
- Digital2020-05-19· Gagosian Online - Broadcast: Alternate Meanings in Film and Video
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