Duels: The Test of Death

The story behind the film began in 1979... Alexey Kozlov then lived in Italy with a passport of a citizen of Germany, worked in a large company as an agent for the sale of dry cleaning equipment, traveled throughout Euro

Strangled 3: Blood Test

A madman chloroforms and kidnaps six beautiful women, takes him to his dungeon and tests their blood for an antibody which he believes will help keep him alive.

Screen Test [ST43]: John Cale

Screen Test of John Cale

Screen Test [ST323]: Susan Sontag

Screen test of Susan Sontag.

Cocks Out, Class Test!

A quickie in the classroom.

Ödipus Monument Test 01

A “test run” for Pfaffenbichler's hitherto unsuccessful attempt to adapt Oedipus. The film is occupied exclusively with blind people, whose faces are illuminated in such a way that they look like masks, completely indebt

Zombie-Free Test Day

On the day of SAT, which continued to take place even in the era of zombies, high school girls drive themselves to the place of examination.

Screen Test [ST187]: Vivian Kurz

The first of multiple screen tests Kurz did at Warhol’s factory. She is photographed in a wide shot, sprawled on the couch and playing with a box of matches.

Screen Test [ST188]: Vivian Kurz

The second of multiple screen tests Kurz did at Warhol’s factory. She is photographed this time in a medium shot.

Screen Test [ST198]: Gerard Malanga

Gerard Malanga has been posed slightly off-centre against a black background and lit evenly from both sides, he has turned sideways to face the camera attentively. He holds very still, blinking only occasionally; at one

SCREEN TEST [ST201]: GERARD MALANGA

Gerard Malanga, wearing a black turtleneck, is posed in front of a speckled dark wooden backdrop

Planet of the Apes Test Reel

A make-up test to determine the feasibility of 'Planet of the Apes' (1968).

Screen Test [ST244]: Nico Coke

Nico swigs from a Coke bottle while the camera maintains constant movement, zooming in and out, panning right and left.

Screen Test [ST107]: Ruth Ford

Ruth Ford has been placed in three-quarter profile against a white background, under instructions to keep still and try not to blink. With her head held high, she maintains her pose, only occasionally raising an eyebrow

SCREEN TEST [ST225]: STERLING MORRISON (SMOKING)

Starts with a close-up of Sterling Morrison’s mouth, dragging heavily on a cigarette. When the camera zooms back we see Morrison in a pair of dark sunglasses. Made for projection behind the Velvet Underground in performa

Screen Test [ST156]: Peter Hujar

Peter Hujar, shot in close-up, has his face lit from both sides, which creates the usual symmetrical pattern of shadows down the centre of his face.

De Nationale IQ Test 2016

The Real Life Test

A documentary following Paula Sophia Schonauer, a transgender woman living in Oklahoma City. The film spans two decades of her life from transition to reassignment surgery, patrolling the streets as a police officer to a

SCREEN TEST [ST91]: CASS ELLIOT

Begins with a long shot of ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot, then zooms rapidly in and out and into close-up. Halfway through, the film settles down into a single close-up; toward the end of the shot, there is a sudden adjustment in t

SCREEN TEST [ST199]: GERARD MALANGA

Gerard Malanga has been brightly lit from the front, and has tilted his head slightly backwards, which makes his neck bulge; he holds still throughout the film, his left eye filled light.