Outlet
4 minutes, 6 seconds. Color. Stereo sound.

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What do women subject themselves to in order to maintain the image that society dictates they have? Outlet is an intense, skeptical look at cosmetic beauty and the potential havoc it can wreak on one's persona. Outlet premiered at the 1999 Cleveland International Film Festival.

Motion Picture Genocide
3 minutes, 46 seconds. Color. Stereo sound.

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Sex! Violence! Racism! Death! Explosions! "The days of escapism and cheap thrills!" ... Robert Banks uses found footage, new footage, and hand-manipulated film to question the intentions of the motion picture industry over that last several decades.

Jaded
2 minutes, 10 seconds. Color. Stereo sound.

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In some ways a precursor to Outlet, Jaded is a complex, harsh and visually intense film. Present here are the beginnings of some of the film-manipulation techniques that have become a characteristic of much of Robert's recent work.

Femme Fatale
7 minutes, 53 seconds. Black & White. Silent.

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Femme Fatale is dark, silent, morose. One of Robert's earlier works, this film is more narrative in content than some of his recent endeavors. It is a good base from which to observe the evolution of his filmmaking technique.