The Residents Home Movie

"The Residents Home Movie" is an archival film reel featuring (presumably) home movie material by The Residents, which was spliced together by the group at an unknown time from material dating between 1969 and August 1973."It's not a negative, it is a print, nonetheless, um... and it is labelled, if I read this correctly... yeah... it says '1969 to 8/73'... And by looking at this I can tell that these are individual, like, fifty or one hundred foot spools spliced together. So, this is a compilation, effectively... of home movies. And this came from The Cryptic Corporation." Peter Conheim interviewed by Lisa Doop, May 18th 2021
It is one of a number of rare, unseen Residents archival video pieces which were entrusted to video archivist Peter Conheim by The Cryptic Corporation for the creation of high-definition digital transfers. It is described as "a compilation... of home movies", consisting of "fifty or one hundred foot spools spliced together". 
Conheim had not viewed or scanned the film at the time he revealed its existence in an interview with a Mysterious Spanish Lady in May 2021; he suggested that The Residents would likely not sanction its release or public screening due to it being too revealing."I have not scanned it yet, no... And... I would never project it... because it is way too precious for that. So, it needs to be scanned... it's a funding issue... it's a precious materials issue. You don't want to just... 'oh, let's just throw this on the projector and see what it looks like.' Of course, that's what they did for years... But I'm not gonna do that now... It's just one of these funny things that turned up in a box... Who knows. And even... once I've looked at it, The Cryptic Corporation might say, like, 'no, we don't want that out there.'... Obviously... it shows, I'm sure, faces and things." Peter Conheim interviewed by Lisa Doop, May 18th 2021 The film reel's contents remain unknown to the public.
== See also ==
* Lisa Doop interviews Peter Conheim, May 18th 2021
*"The Residents Exposed!"
*"Absurdly Early"
* "Rarest Residents Record"
== External links and references ==
* "Interview with Peter Conheim, 2021" by Lisa Doop on YouTube
Category:Unreleased
Category:Film and video