Portrait of Robert Breer
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
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Linoleum
A filmed performance by Rauschenberg. There is no subject in a narrative sense. We see amongst the performers Breer with his Float-sculptures.
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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.
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70
Made by Breer with spray paint and hand-cut stencils, this film was an attempt at maximum plastic intensity.
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69
Animated geometric volumes are following the codes of perspective and thus create the illusion of screen depth.
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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 Z
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Breathing
The movement of the line, and its place on the screen, and its density, the rhythms… make up the entire film.
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66
Colours, speed, illusion, images that remind us of the ‘cut out papers’ by Henri Matisse, or the paintings of Frank Stella.
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 11"
- Medium/Format
- DV cam
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