Telephones (1995)

Cleverly conceived and artfully edited Christian Marclays 7 12minute video Telephones comprises a succession of brief film clips that creates a humorous narrative of its own in which the characters in progression dial hear the phone ring pick it up converse react say goodbye and hang up In doing so they express a multitude of emotionssurprise desire anger disbelief excitement boredomultimately leaving the impression that they are all part of one big conversation