Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 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
  • 1972
    Apparatus Sum

    Apparatus Sum

    Apparatus Sum

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    Frampton on Apparatus Sum: "A brief lyric film of death, which brings to equilibrium a single reactive image from a roomful of cadavers."

    Apparatus Sum
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

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    Hollis Frampton alludes to origins and creation as he cuts between a garden featuring a bride and groom and an 1902 film entitled "A Little Piece of...

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I
  • 1976
    Quaternion

    Quaternion

    Quaternion

    01976HD

    "Strategy and imagery combat and aid each other in pairs. QUATERNION...a spatial figure of monumental attractions...interference...an undulating...

    Quaternion
  • 1974
    Pan 2

    Pan 2

    Pan 2

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    Rain falls and reflects the light.

    Pan 2
  • 1969
    Carrots & Peas

    Carrots & Peas

    Carrots & Peas

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    An experimental short film which compares and contrasts the colors of carrots and peas.

    Carrots & Peas
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1974
    Noctiluca

    Noctiluca

    Noctiluca

    01974HD

    Otherwise known as Magellan's Toys #1. Hollis Frampton's "Noctiluca" was a film designed to be shown on the second day of the Magellan cycle, the...

    Noctiluca
  • 1976
    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    01976HD

    "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
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit

    01974HD

    (Formerly titled "VERNAL EQUINOX," 5 minute excerpt of Part 1 on the Criterion disc) "...Frampton explores human movement in relation to the film...

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit