Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1976
    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    01976HD

    "In the final format for MAGELLAN, Frampton had planned to disassemble these two films into twenty-four 'encounters with death' that were to be shown...

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II
  • 1976
    For Georgia O'Keeffe

    For Georgia O'Keeffe

    For Georgia O'Keeffe

    01976HD

    “An exquisite homage to O’Keeffe’s ‘Radiator Building, Night’.” –Mark Webber

    For Georgia O'Keeffe
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    5.21972HD

    Poetic Justice presents the viewer with an ordinary domestic scene: a stack of papers, a cup of coffee, and a potted cactus on a table. The sheets of...

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice
  • 1973
    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    51973HD

    Trees in the River, Kent OH
  • 1984
    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    6.51984HD

    Joyce Wieland: “Hollis and I came back to Toronto on holiday in the summer of '67. We were staying at a friend's house. We worked our way...

    A and B in Ontario
  • 1974
    Straits of Magellan:

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    71974HD

    A sampling of forty-nine fragments from Frampton's catalogue of 'actualities', the films from STRAITS OF MAGELLAN: "DRAFTS AND FRAGMENTS" are all...

    Straits of Magellan:
  • 1974
    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    5.31974HD

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    4.11977HD

    Hollis Frampton alludes to origins and creation as he cuts between a garden featuring a bride and groom and an 1902 film entitled "A Little Piece of...

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    6.41971HD

    “This film metaphors an entire human life: birth, sex, death – the framing device is the fingers and palm of the maker’s hand,...

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte
  • 1979
    More Than Meets The Eye

    More Than Meets The Eye

    More Than Meets The Eye

    01979HD

    "...Frampton travels to the purported birthplace of the Eisensteinian model of cinema, the fairground, with its 'montage of attractions'...ambulating...

    More Than Meets The Eye
  • 1968
    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

    4.91968HD

    Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell's classic theory about the behavior of gas molecules is represented on-screen by a man performing a series of...

    Maxwell's Demon
  • 1976
    Not the First Time

    Not the First Time

    Not the First Time

    01976HD

    "This film is composed of different and relatively commonplace subjects, but each image is a super-imposition ('double exposure') of two similar...

    Not the First Time
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    61977HD

    Short film by Hollis Frampton

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV
  • 1972
    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    01972HD

    “A portrait of the filmmaker, Paul Sharits, in particular response to energies he generated one May afternoon in 1971.” –Hollis...

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

    6.21971HD

    A man and a woman have been living together for six months. After disappearing for two days, the man returns and acts as if nothing has happened,...

    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass
  • 1966
    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    51966HD

    In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary...

    Manual of Arms
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit

    01974HD

    (Formerly titled "VERNAL EQUINOX," 5 minute excerpt of Part 1 on the Criterion disc) "...Frampton explores human movement in relation to the film...

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

    7.81972HD

    “The frame itself, which divides what is present to consciousness from what is absolutely elsewhere, is tempered here by the breath, tremor,...

    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects
  • 1969
    Black and White Film

    Black and White Film

    Black and White Film

    01969HD

    “For Black and White Film, Huot created his own photographic imagery for the first time. After a few moments of darkness, a young woman (Sheila...

    Black and White Film
  • 1976
    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    4.81976HD

    An experimental short film from the Gates of Death series by Hollis Frampton.

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0