THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS
Smith San Rafael Film Center hosted screening of THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS, enlivened by an enthusiastic audience and insightful post-screening Q&A
@theoryofobscurity.bsky.social
Official Selection. SXSW. Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents is a 2015 documentary film produced by Don Hardy, Josh Keppel, and Barton Bishoff. The film interviews all members (past and present) of The Cryptic Corporation.
THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS
Smith San Rafael Film Center hosted screening of THEORY OF OBSCURITY: A FILM ABOUT THE RESIDENTS, enlivened by an enthusiastic audience and insightful post-screening Q&A
Poster for Theory of Obscurity @hollywoodtheatre.org
28.10.2025 15:30 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Watching Theory of Obscurity about the band The Residents. Iβm reminded of Broadβs words: 
I hold that it is of the utmost value for the philosopher to study the abnormal in all subjects. β¦ it is such facts as dreams, hallucination, mirror-images, etc., which prevent β¦
Theory of Obscurity filmmakers take the stage at SXSW. #TheoryofObscurity #ResidentsDocumentary
17.09.2025 14:15 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0That time The Residents were featured at SXSW
17.09.2025 14:14 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Theory of Obscurity filmmakers with Homer Flynn at San Francisco International Film Festival. #SFIFF #MusicDocumentary
09.09.2025 16:59 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Jerry Casale from DEVO talks Residents and Devo taking similar paths : 
vimeo.com/121517557?sh...
Can we remember it through jazz instead?
03.09.2025 19:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The original Boarding House Reel. 1/2" videotape.
03.09.2025 18:20 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Residents Art Collective 8-track studio where Duck Stab was recorded.
02.09.2025 16:12 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0UNCUT Magazine:
REVIEW: Theory of Obscurity  www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/theo...
Exterior of Residents' Sycamore studio where Vileness Fats was filmed. Photo is from the period of time when the most activity was occurring.
26.08.2025 14:32 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Skinny from 'Hello Skinny' speaks out! 
vimeo.com/87588399
Josh Freese talks Residents. 
#JoshFreese
vimeo.com/120605200
Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! (live performance)  Rather Ripped Records' fifth anniversary party at the Longbranch Saloon in Berkeley, California, on June 7th 1976. 
The majority of the footage on this tape has never been seen. We've seen it. 
#TheResidents
"'Theory of Obscurity' does a fantastic job of showing the various facets of The Residents' art and music, and crams quite a bit into the ninety-minute runtime. The disc is also packed with exclusive bonus feature."
-HorrorGeekLIfe Magazine
www.horrorgeeklife.com/2020/03/23/b...
Uncut Magazine. Play 'Invisible Stars' from 'Wolf of St. Elmo'. It's so cool. 
www.uncut.co.uk/features/the...
Another photo of The Residents unmasked.
12.05.2025 19:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Penn Jillette talks Residents: vimeo.com/118848748
12.05.2025 16:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Rob Crow from Pinback talks Residents and the Theory of Obscurity. VIDEO: vimeo.com/120896438
#Pinback
Glad you enjoyed our film!
04.05.2025 21:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0H and H outside the tour bus at Burg Theater, Wien, Austria.
04.05.2025 21:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wow-ish!
04.05.2025 21:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Possible identity of The Residents
04.05.2025 21:27 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very rare for a band to open for The Residents. But μ¨[su:m]  opened for The Residents on March 20th 2015, at Paramount Theater in Austin, Texas for @sxsw.com prior to screening of the documentary film 'Theory of Obscurity.' 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY_B...
The Residents at @sxsw.com Paramount Theater LIVE
16.03.2025 17:56 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Check out behind the scenes photos of the early employees: 
www.flickr.com/photos/polve...