Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1979
    Matrix [First Dream]

    Matrix [First Dream]

    Matrix [First Dream]

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    A film of multiple superimpositions, utilizing the images of Solariumagelani (Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox, and Winter Solstice) (1974) overlaid...

    Matrix [First Dream]
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    4.21974HD

    An experimental short by Hollis Frampton who films the female form during various activities.

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

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    “A ‘baroque’ summary of film’s historic internal conflicts, chiefly those between narrative and metric/plastic montage; and...

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control
  • 1980
    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

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    Short film by Hollis Frampton

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII
  • 1975
    Pas de Trois

    Pas de Trois

    Pas de Trois

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    An analysis of film’s persistent relationship to sexuality, mediated by allusions to early cinema’s flicker, and other aggressive...

    Pas de Trois
  • 1976
    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

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    "Filmed in large part during H.F.'s lecture-screening tour in the bay area: visit(s) to the Musee Mechanique, Land's End, the Cliff House. The San...

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

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    "A vision of a journey, during which the eye of the mind drives headlong through Salisbury Cloister (a monument to enclosure), Brooklyn Bridge (a...

    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

    01975HD

    Begins with landscape/sunset thru mist, ends with window sill.

    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)
  • 2006
    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

    Funtime at the Vasulkas

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    A recording of a meeting in the studio where Jeffrey Schier and Woody show colleagues and teachers a new tool. Between 1976 and 1980, Woody and...

    Funtime at the Vasulkas
  • 1969
    Prince Ruperts Drops

    Prince Ruperts Drops

    Prince Ruperts Drops

    01969HD

    "Two repetitive, banal rhythmic acts - as it were from the observe and reverse of a phenakistiscope disk - factored and expanded into a cinema...

    Prince Ruperts Drops
  • 1969
    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

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    Upward shot from the ground perspective of a silo.

    Inside Silo 11
  • 1969
    Works and Days

    Works and Days

    Works and Days

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    By stripping the sound from a pre-existing instructional film, Frampton conjures, with an economy of means, the everyday movements then being...

    Works and Days
  • 1968
    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    01968HD

    This performance piece by filmmaker Hollis Frampton, recorded in 1968 in New York City, features the voice of artist Michael Snow. Frampton would...

    A Lecture