Stanley

Stanley

Production country: 
us
Year: 
1995
Duration: 
15'
Edition: 
1996
Format: 
film/video

The tale of a fanatical tool collector who recreates the world according to a logic dictated by his crosswrench. An examination of the abstract technology of sainty, the video inverts the documentary portrait, fusing interviews, found footage, weapons catalogs, and alligator wrestling. An exploration of masculinity and instrumental power as it is wielded both in the tool shop and in the corridors of the Pentagon, this video underscores the larger significances of daily gesture in the production of meaning.

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