This is a short film that, although a documentary in appearance, has very little to do with the generic conventions of that form. It would seem, then, that what we have here is the embryo of what he was subsequently to call the "elementary": an abstract or lyrical modality in the perception and exposition of the real.
Shot mostly at Uluru, the rock in the heart of Australia. The extreme heat damaged the emulsion of t...
Scientists demonstrate the wonders of magnified objects.
A self-portrait short film on 16mm from a trans male perspective.
An experimental sports film made partly during the Scandinavian Open Championships in Halmstad in 19...
SONG 5: A childbirth song (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimen...
"After two years of massive didacticism in black-and-white [Hapax Legomena (1971-72)], I am surprise...
An analysis of film’s persistent relationship to sexuality, mediated by allusions to early cinema’s ...
Benjamina Miyar Díaz (1888-1961) led an unusual life in her house on calle del Agua in Corao, Asturi...
A short film about the meeting of a Trappist monk and a Zen Buddhist master.
An overview of the art collection of Richard Winther.
A day in the life of director Boris Lehman: he wanders from cafe to bookshop, cinema to museum, writ...
A silent succession of black-and-white photographs of the city of Montreal.
First part of the collaborative project "Brise-Glace" showing the diverse travels on the icebreaker ...
An experimental short film shot on Soviet Sveta 8mm film stock expired in 1984. It documents the 25t...
A documentary in réalité style harkening back to the early years of cinema. Composed of scenes aroun...
Clouds 1969 by the British filmmaker Peter Gidal is a film comprised of ten minutes of looped footag...
A 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.
Taking its title from the poem by Wallace Stevens, the film is composed of a series of attempts at l...
This film describes a psychological state "kin to moonstruck, its images emblems (not quite symbols)...