Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1980
    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

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    Short film by Hollis Frampton

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII
  • 1976
    Not the First Time

    Not the First Time

    Not the First Time

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    "This film is composed of different and relatively commonplace subjects, but each image is a super-imposition ('double exposure') of two similar...

    Not the First Time
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

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    “This film metaphors an entire human life: birth, sex, death – the framing device is the fingers and palm of the maker’s hand,...

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte
  • 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
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

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

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

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    “A ‘baroque’ summary of film’s historic internal conflicts, chiefly those between narrative and metric/plastic montage; and...

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

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    Short film by Hollis Frampton

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV
  • 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

    4.8241976HD

    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
    For Georgia O'Keeffe

    For Georgia O'Keeffe

    For Georgia O'Keeffe

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    “An exquisite homage to O’Keeffe’s ‘Radiator Building, Night’.” –Mark Webber

    For Georgia O'Keeffe
  • 1968
    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    01968HD

    This performance piece by filmmaker Hollis Frampton, recorded in 1968 in New York City, features the voice of artist Michael Snow. Frampton would...

    A Lecture
  • 1969
    Works and Days

    Works and Days

    Works and Days

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    By stripping the sound from a pre-existing instructional film, Frampton conjures, with an economy of means, the everyday movements then being...

    Works and Days