Honor and Obey
1988, English. Directed by Warren Sonbert.
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.
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Honor and Obey runs 21 minutes (0h 21m).
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Honor and Obey isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1988. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Honor and Obey (1988) was directed by Warren Sonbert.