Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1976
    The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I

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

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

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    "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 Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I
  • 1974
    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

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    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton
  • 1979
    More Than Meets The Eye

    More Than Meets The Eye

    More Than Meets The Eye

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    "...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
  • 1974
    Pan 700

    Pan 700

    Pan 700

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    A series of ghost-like vehicles drive by.

    Pan 700
  • 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
  • 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

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    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
  • 1968
    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

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    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
  • 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
  • 1969
    Black and White Film

    Black and White Film

    Black and White Film

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    “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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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]
  • 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