Jens Jørgen Thorsen

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Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Born February 2, 1932 · Denmark

Died November 15, 2000 · aged 68

Jens Jørgen Thorsen (February 2, 1932 Holstebro - November 15, 2000) was a Danish artist, director, and jazz musician whose works sometimes created controversy. Thorsen began his artistic career attending periodically the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. However he chose to produce and create art that was meant to be provocative. This included a number of public displays protesting various gove…

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LightLight · 1991
Light
7.51991
MovieDocumentary
From both a scientific and an artistic point of view, the film seeks to answer the question, 'what is light?'.
The Wolf at the DoorThe Wolf at the Door · 1986
The Wolf at the Door
5.31986
MovieDrama
Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inability to sell his artwork.
The Knight of JusticeThe Knight of Justice · 1989
The Knight of Justice
5.31989
MovieFamily
Benjamin act as a moral guardian as he saves both a female thief and a child during Christmas in a futuristic Denmark.
Quiet Days in ClichyQuiet Days in Clichy · 1970
Quiet Days in Clichy
4.51970
MovieComedyDrama
Joey is a struggling writer with no money. His roommate Carl is a charming stud with a taste for young girls. Together, these two insatiable dreamers will laugh, love and screw their way through a decadent Paris paved with wanton women, wild orgies and outrageous erotic adventures.
Herning 1965Herning 1965 · 1966
Herning 1965
7.01966
MovieDocumentary
This film was shot at a factory. A factory making shirts in the town of Herning i Jutland, decorated by Paul Gadegaard. Formerly art was confined to churches and palaces. Today man is in focus - his working place. Paul Gadegaard has been able to accomplish this pioneer work thanks to art experiments carried on since the beginning of this century.
PornoshopPornoshop · 1963
Pornoshop
1963
Movie
35mm short by Jens Jorgen Thorsen.
Stop for BudStop for Bud · 1963
Stop for Bud
6.91963
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic conventions and invent cinematic language from scratch". The jazz pianist Bud Powell moves around Copenhagen -- through King's Garden, along the quay at Kalkbrænderihavnen, across a waste dump. […] Bud is alone, accompanied only by his music. […] Image and sound are two different things -- that's Leth's and John's principle. Dexter Gordon, the narrator, tells stories about Powell's famous left hand. In an obituary for Powell, dated 3 August 1966, Leth wrote: "He quite willingly, or better still, unresistingly, mechanically, let himself be directed. The film attempts to depict his strange duality about his surroundings. His touch on the keys was like he was burning his fingers -- that's what it looked like, and that's how it sounded. But outside his playing, and often right in the middle of it, too, he was simply gone, not there."
The ReturnThe Return · 1992
The Return
3.71992
MovieActionComedy
Jesus returns to Earth, gets involved in a terrorist group, but keeps his integrity.

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Stop for BudStop for Bud · 1963
Stop for Bud
6.91963
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic conventions and invent cinematic language from scratch". The jazz pianist Bud Powell moves around Copenhagen -- through King's Garden, along the quay at Kalkbrænderihavnen, across a waste dump. […] Bud is alone, accompanied only by his music. […] Image and sound are two different things -- that's Leth's and John's principle. Dexter Gordon, the narrator, tells stories about Powell's famous left hand. In an obituary for Powell, dated 3 August 1966, Leth wrote: "He quite willingly, or better still, unresistingly, mechanically, let himself be directed. The film attempts to depict his strange duality about his surroundings. His touch on the keys was like he was burning his fingers -- that's what it looked like, and that's how it sounded. But outside his playing, and often right in the middle of it, too, he was simply gone, not there."

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