Product Details

• Actors: William Wegman, Man Ray
• Format: Black & White, Color, Original recording remastered, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1992
• Run Time: 25 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1893842002
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,069 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Selected Video Works 1970-78 A collection of early black and white video works by William Wegman featuring his dog Man Ray. The short, conceptual pieces are included in every major retrospective of Wegman's art and are essential to understanding his ouevre. The tape includes Spelling Lesson, Dog Duet, Drinking Milk, plus 15 more.

Dog Baseball , made in 1986, features Wegman at bat against nine canine fielders. This piece, in which Fay Ray made her debut, was shot on 35mm film and originally aired on Saturday Night Live.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, December 11, 2004

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cameron "cameron" (MInneapolis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Works 1970-78, Dog Baseball 1986 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think it's rather funny that people complained about the stupidty of this particular video - yet we all know they are here looking for movies about dogs in human clothes!

This is a great resource if you're interested in the early works of Wegman and know what you're getting into. They are very raw, very lo-fi but oddly creative and important if you're interested in the development of this artists career. If you're curious, do some research first. If you're just looking for movies about dogs in human clothes, don't go for the early stuff.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't stop laughing, April 29, 2005

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L. Vest (Seabrook, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Selected Works 1970-78, Dog Baseball 1986 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My daughter, who was 11 at the time, and I were wandering around the Modern Art Museum in Paris and walked past a video screen where "Dog Duet" was playing. We stopped and were sucked in. We laughed until tears ran down our cheeks. The art is not in the production values; it's in the dislocation of your intelligence onto a new track, neurons skipping across their well worn dog-human paths into something strange and familiar at the same time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not at all what Wegmen is Famous for!!!, March 13, 2004

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Captain Tetanus (WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Selected Works 1970-78, Dog Baseball 1986 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a humorous group of very odd little films, showing a lot of the real Wegmen, I think.
It tickled the fancy of the least humorous person I know.
If you like Wegmen's dog photos, and are looking at this item only for it's dog baseball content, this isn't for you.
I suggest this to those of you with a very open minded sense of humor. Everyone else, stick to the black and chocolate lab photos.