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B.F. Skinner Plays Himself

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B.F. Skinner Plays Himself takes Skinner's proposition as a conceptual point of departure -- it is an audio-visual portrait, examining the biographical history, ideas, words, and representations of a non-person through raw footage of the subject and their environment.

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Peter Keough Arts Fuse Oct 6
Drawing on archival footage and outtakes and clips from an unreleased 1975 documentary profile, Kennedy not only critiques Skinner’s ideas but also deconstructs the documentary genre itself and its capacity for presenting objective truth. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Ted Kennedy

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Synopsis B.F. Skinner Plays Himself takes Skinner's proposition as a conceptual point of departure -- it is an audio-visual portrait, examining the biographical history, ideas, words, and representations of a non-person through raw footage of the subject and their environment.
Director
Ted Kennedy
Production Co
Ted Kennedy Projects
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 12m