In Warren Sonbert's Honor and Obey soldiers march in formation, a tiger stalks through the snow, religious processions wind through the streets, and palm trees wave in a tropical breeze. As brightly colored images of authority figures blend into scenes of cocktail parties, this 21-minute silent film flows along with the grace of a musical score built on complex tensions hidden among the notes. "Whose authority will you obey?" the film seems to ask, as it deftly avoids simple-minded juxtapositions. Instead, we see a melange of images so full of geography (Notre Dame Cathedral, the Sydney Opera House, Fifth Avenue), that the work mocks the idea of any specific setting. -- Caryn James, The New York Times. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, in 1998.
Release Date: January 01, 1988
December 26, 1955
August 26, 1950
November 04, 1927
September 23, 1969
February 18, 1970
November 09, 1950
October 10, 1958
May 01, 1959
October 11, 1956
September 03, 1966
February 01, 1961
May 01, 1954
January 01, 1955
December 22, 1956
March 13, 1971
January 02, 1952
January 02, 1953
December 14, 1964
May 12, 1948
March 12, 1970