25 Mar 1962
Pop Goes the Easel
Pop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor. It focused on 4 British Pop Artists - Peter Blake, Peter Philips, Pauline Boty and Derek Boshier.
Predictions of Fire
A FILM ABOUT ART, POLITICS AND WAR
A visceral documentary focusing on the Slovenian collective art movement known as NSK ('Neue Slowenische Kunst') and its varied branches: 'Laibach', 'Irwin', and 'Red Pilot'.
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Laibach Themselves
Peter Mlakar Self
Slavoj Žižek Self
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