Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1974
    Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice

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    "The operations that dislocate a film like Summer Solstice– I hope irreparably– from being a movie about the locomotion and eating habits...

    Summer Solstice
  • 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

    4.81976HD

    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
  • 1976
    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

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    "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
  • 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]
  • 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
  • 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
    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    01972HD

    “A portrait of the filmmaker, Paul Sharits, in particular response to energies he generated one May afternoon in 1971.” –Hollis...

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    61977HD

    Short film by Hollis Frampton

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    4.21974HD

    An experimental short by Hollis Frampton who films the female form during various activities.

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
  • 1976
    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    01976HD

    "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 Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II
  • 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