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Portrait of Robert Breer

Pip Chodorov | France | 2004 | 11' | | IFFR 2008

An interview (with inclusion of the complete film Recreation) in the series that Chodorov made for the TV-Channel ARTE, in a series that also comprised interviews with Kenneth Anger, Jonas Mekas, Maurice Lemaître, Ken Jacobs, Jeff Scherr, Bill Morrison, Frédérique Devaux and Boris Lehman.

Also in this combined programme

  • 77

    In 77 we see a number of simple mechanic objects spiral out of a spray-paint nebula then implode into pure pattern and line.

    • Film Maker in Focus: Robert Breer

  • Breathing

    The movement of the line, and its place on the screen, and its density, the rhythms… make up the entire film.

    • Film Maker in Focus: Robert Breer

  • Linoleum

    A filmed performance by Rauschenberg. There is no subject in a narrative sense. We see amongst the performers Breer with his Float-sculptures.

    • Film Maker in Focus: Robert Breer

  • 69

    Animated geometric volumes are following the codes of perspective and thus create the illusion of screen depth.

    • Film Maker in Focus: Robert Breer

  • 70

    Made by Breer with spray paint and hand-cut stencils, this film was an attempt at maximum plastic intensity.

    • Film Maker in Focus: Robert Breer

  • ATOZ

    What is the impact of an order such as the alphabet on the awakening mind of a child? A short film dedicated to Breer’s first granddaughter Zoë.

    • Film Maker in Focus: Robert Breer

  • 66

    Colours, speed, illusion, images that remind us of the ‘cut out papers’ by Henri Matisse, or the paintings of Frank Stella.

    • Film Maker in Focus: Robert Breer
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Film details

Country of production
France
Year
2004
Festival edition
IFFR 2008
Length
11"
Medium/Format
DV cam

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