Opening Night - 20 years celebration and a tribute to Paul Bush (15*)

Part two: tribute to Paul Bush 

His Comedy 

The poet Dante is taken by Virgil through the gates of the city of desolation and into the centre of hell. What he sees is not simply an apocalyptic vision of the punishment that awaits sinners after death but also the very real horrors committed by human hands on earth. 

UK 1994 Dir: Paul Bush 8 min 

Still Life with Small Cup 

A radical reworking of an etching by the Italian artist Giorgio Morandi, brought to life by engraving frame by frame directly into the photographic emulsion of colour filmstock.  

UK 1995 Dir: Paul Bush 4 min 

Furniture Poetry 

The film-maker accepts the challenge of the philosopher and changes not only a table but also chairs, shoes, jugs, teapots and almost everything else lying around his house. 

UK 1999 Dir: Paul Bush 5 min 

Secret Love 

A music clip for Percy Grainger's extraordinary orchestration of a gory Nordic folk song - Father and daughter who wreak havoc on each other and everyone around. 

UK 2002 Dir: Paul Bush 3 min 

While Darwin Sleeps 

3,000 multi-coloured and glowing insects star in this mescaline vision dreamt by Charles Darwin. 

UK 2004 Dir: Paul Bush 5 min 

Paul Bush talks 

Paul Bush tries to talk about the making of While Darwin Sleeps and his aspirations for cinema but all the time the film itself tries to take over and in the end completely overwhelms him. 

UK 2006 Dir: Paul Bush 2 min 

Lay Bare 

A composite portrait of the human body, revealing it as it is only rarely seen in our most intimate relationships – erotic and comic, beautiful and vulnerable. 

UK 2012 Dir: Paul Bush 6 min 

Dir: Paul Bush 7 min 

The Five Minute Museum 

A history of man made objects from stone age to the age of plastics, photographed at museums in the UK and Switzerland. 

UK 2015 Dir: Paul Bush 7 min 

Stupidity Soliloquy 

The making of The Five Minute Museum and the importance of stupidity in the creative process. 

UK 2015 Dir: Paul Bush 2 min 

Elegy 

A film of stone and light – just stone and light. 

Switzerland/UK 2017 Dir: Paul Bush 6 min 

Ride 

A masterful stop-frame homage to the iconic motorcycle design and culture of the 1950s and 60s. 

Portugal 2018 Dir: Paul Bush 6 min 

The Making of Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic 

An introduction about the making of Paul’s last short film. 

UK 2020 Dir: Paul Bush 4 min 

Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic 

An elegy to a love affair that has gone sour, a fond farewell to that most beautiful material that has enslaved our planet – plastic. 

UK/Denmark 2020