Vincent Grenier Movies

  • 1990
    You

    You

    You

    6.11990HD

    I had been looking for someone's unnerving encounter, that conversation that one just couldn't get out of their head, the kind of event that leaves...

    You
  • 1995
    Surface Tension #2

    Surface Tension #2

    Surface Tension #2

    01995HD

    This film was shot in color but using the Kinemacolor process, a process which was used in 1915 to obtain fairly illusionistic colors from black and...

    Surface Tension #2
  • 1976
    X

    X

    X

    01976HD

    "The insinuation of camera movements and the familiarity of the same forms recurring in black and then luminous white shapes, makes X an intriguing...

    X
  • 2016
    Pending

    Pending

    Pending

    02016HD

    A collage more than a diary using images as artifacts that reflect processes. Sounds often come from other rooms, altered by their distance and the...

    Pending
  • 2006
    North Southernly

    North Southernly

    North Southernly

    02006HD

    Changes of directions, in the wind, the edges, the shapes, a joyous and mesmerizing intrigue. Perhaps an other way to put it is to describe this...

    North Southernly
  • 1984
    Tremors

    Tremors

    Tremors

    01984HD

    Tall buildings and cars are shot through the Kinemacolor process, variable color filters and a water lens. Sturdiness jousts with fragility, past...

    Tremors
  • 2008
    The Chairs

    The Chairs

    The Chairs

    02008HD

    "Two weather worn red vinyl chairs on an outdoor promontory oriented toward a "view", stand as subjects and witnesses. The chairs themselves provide...

    The Chairs
  • 2004
    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

    02004HD

    "Revisiting footage he shot more than ten years ago in an American high school, Vincent Grenier combines deftly manipulated and layered images with...

    Tabula Rasa
  • 1972
    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    Peed Into the Wind

    11972HD

    An hour-long saga of Mick Terrific, rock 'n' roll star, and the cast of 50 he encounters on his search for "Mr. Wonderful." “PEED INTO THE...

    Peed Into the Wind
  • 1975
    Shade

    Shade

    Shade

    01975HD

    "'Shade' is a near exhaustion of the possibilities between camera (aperture, focus) and nature (sun, wind). It is a beautiful study-poem on the...

    Shade
  • 2018
    Commute

    Commute

    Commute

    02018HD

    Distinct fields on the same screen, foreground each other, invite comparisons, between different times and spaces, and the constructed and natural...

    Commute
  • 2011
    Tableaux Vivants

    Tableaux Vivants

    Tableaux Vivants

    02011HD

    A rumination on cinematic time reversals as versatile continuums. Re-discovering the outdoors as (a stage) set where the natural is made to pose as...

    Tableaux Vivants
  • 2015
    Intersection

    Intersection

    Intersection

    02015HD

    On the corner of Brooktondale Rd and route 79 near Ithaca is an amazing planting of Forget-Me-Nots and Dandelions. An improbable dance between...

    Intersection
  • 2010
    Travelogue

    Travelogue

    Travelogue

    02010HD

    This video was taken using small digital still camera on multiple bus trips between New York City and Upstate NY. The bus' many large windows,...

    Travelogue
  • 1981
    Closer Outside

    Closer Outside

    Closer Outside

    01981HD

    The precisions and idiosyncrasies of movement associated with domestic activities are closely stared at, or as it sometimes happens, watched...

    Closer Outside
  • 1975
    Light Shaft

    Light Shaft

    Light Shaft

    01975HD

    "Light Shaft" diagonally crosses the screen with a wedged light formation, usually on the diagonal. Its variations are rendered through arrangements...

    Light Shaft
  • 2000
    Color Study

    Color Study

    Color Study

    02000HD

    A humorous, digitally induced meditation on colors, motion and space from a few frames of road side fall panorama in upstate NY.

    Color Study
  • 2009
    Straight Lines

    Straight Lines

    Straight Lines

    02009HD

    A black-and-white collage in motion. Shadowy projections and solids layered.

    Straight Lines
  • 2021
    Wishbone

    Wishbone

    Wishbone

    02021HD

    A product of the pandemic, Grenier's new film brings the outdoors in, with curious results.

    Wishbone
  • 1976
    While Revolved

    While Revolved

    While Revolved

    01976HD

    (This film has been referred to as both White Revolved and While Revolved.) Project at 18 fps. This film is concerned with the projected, not just...

    While Revolved