Michael Haussman

Edge of the World

Sarawak, in the northeast of the island of Borneo, 1839. Almost by chance, the British adventurer James Brooke is appointed rajah by the Sultan of Brunei, and as an independent ruler he embarks on a personal crusade to eradicate piracy, slavery and headhunting, while trying to curb the malevolent expansionist ambitions of the British Empire.

The Audition

This scene begins as a playful challenge between two actors, at first trading just words. But it soon transforms into a war of emotion, as they try to conquer each other in proposition. The weakest will fall in love. What happens is unplanned—the consequences of their game—as their real emotions become involved and they both fall in love. Both are losers, or winners, but neither is giving up. It is as if they had gone through an entire relationship in the time it took to read the audition—and now they must separate, as scripted, and end it. Like a break up, it is hard.

The Audition

This scene begins as a playful challenge between two actors, at first trading just words. But it soon transforms into a war of emotion, as they try to conquer each other in proposition. The weakest will fall in love. What happens is unplanned—the consequences of their game—as their real emotions become involved and they both fall in love. Both are losers, or winners, but neither is giving up. It is as if they had gone through an entire relationship in the time it took to read the audition—and now they must separate, as scripted, and end it. Like a break up, it is hard.

A Study in Gravity

This first person text by Michael Haussman examines gravity's effect on human emotion, told through five high definition video sequences filmed at 2,000 frames per second.

A Study in Gravity

This first person text by Michael Haussman examines gravity's effect on human emotion, told through five high definition video sequences filmed at 2,000 frames per second.

Kanye West: College Dropout [Video Anthology]

A collection of music videos and behind the scenes footage released to promote Kanye West's upcoming debut album, College Dropout. The compilation features the videos to the previously unreleased "Two Words", "Slow Jamz", "Through the Wire", "All Falls Down", the three versions of "Jesus Walks", and "The New Workout Plan", all previously unseen before its release.

Blind Horizon

Left for dead in the remote Southwest, Frank is found clinging to life and in a state of amnesia. As he recovers, ominous memories begin to flash back...

An Early Frost

A young girl's pet rabbit shows homosexual inclinations, and her parents take some very extreme measures. Meanwhile, in her own neighborhood, the girl observes similar inclinations in humans.

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

A young man's odyssey from a small town in Colorado to Budapest, in search of his estranged girlfriend.

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

A young man's odyssey from a small town in Colorado to Budapest, in search of his estranged girlfriend.

Abandoned '58

A young man finds an abandoned car in the sand near his desert home.