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Bertha’s Children
Five middle-aged siblings and their simple behaviours and declarations are intensely ordered and analyzed, rendering a powerfully unusual family filmPublished on: -
The Divine Miracle
Hyper-stylized imagery of Christ is composited with powerfully weird optical printing work, in this classic vision which took two solid years to produPublished on: -
Eclipse Predictions
Diana Wilson’s beautiful animated tableaux reach their zenith in this film, creating a moving visual catharsis for a childhood tragedy.Published on: -
…These Blazeing Starrs!
Comets have augured catastrophe, upheaval and the end of days. A film about these meteoric ice-cored fireballs and their historic ties to divination.Published on: -
La dernière énigme
Inspired by Gianfranco Sanguinetti’s On Terrorism and the State. Shots of the orbital road, the Arc de Triomphe and rebellious blindfolded youths in aPublished on: -
Arbor Vitae
Film shows insight into the metaphysical coherence of life, gives existence a soul like the tree of life.Published on: -
Compline
A fond farewell to the unique Kodachrome film stock Dorsky used to shoot most of his extraordinarily beautiful films.Published on: -
Triste
The process of perfecting Dorsky’s cinematic form started with Triste. A key film in his oeuvre.Published on: -
München-Berlin Wanderung
Fischinger’s three-and-a-half-week long trip on foot from Munich to Berlin captured on a 35mm camera in 1927.Published on: -
By the Sea
Pat O’Neill’s first film (made with Robert Abel) is an observation and transformation of the fascinating forms to be found at Muscle Beach in 1963.Published on: