About Voom Portraits
- Released on October 01, 2007
Iconic artist and theater director Robert Wilson has created a series of video portraits of celebrities, ordinary people and animals called "VOOM Portraits." Known for his glacier-paced theatrical productions with Tom Waits and Lou Reed, Wilson's now bringing his aesthetic to a video format. The recent developments in HD technology have allowed Wilson to create something like a precise hybrid of still photography and motion pictures. Actors such as Brad Pitt (as a crazy person on the streets in the rain), Isabelle Huppert (as Greta Garbo), Steve Buscemi (as a mad butcher chewing gum on a variety show), Robert Downey Jr. (as a dreaming corpse in a Rembrandt painting), and Winona Ryder (as Winnie, the main female character in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, buried up to her neck in sand) were asked to “think of nothing" and move slowly and steadily to collaborate in Wilson's vision of who they might be.
Full Cast of Voom Portraits
Willem Dafoe plays Self
William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, inc...
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Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29, 1971), known professionally as Winona Ryder, is an American actress. She is t...
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Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American si...
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William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various ...
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An American actor, writer and director. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Dorothy, who worked as a hostes...
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Isabella Rossellini plays Self
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (born 18 June 1952) is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthr...
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Peter Stormare plays Self
A Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician. He is pe...
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Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1966) is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by c...
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John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of vari...
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Renée Lynn Fleming (born February 14, 1959) is an American soprano, known for performances in opera, concerts, record...
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