Peter Kubelka Movies

  • 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

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    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 1968
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1972
    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

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    A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around Mekas' trip back to Semeniškiai, the village of his birth.

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
  • 1960
    Arnulf Rainer

    Arnulf Rainer

    Arnulf Rainer

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    An experimental film, the last in Peter Kubelka's trilogy of “metric films”. Each frame of Arnulf Rainer is composed of darkness or light...

    Arnulf Rainer
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 1958
    Schwechater

    Schwechater

    Schwechater

    4.7251958HD

    In 1957, Peter Kubelka was hired to make a short commercial for Schwechater beer. The beer company undoubtedly thought they were commissioning a film...

    Schwechater
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1966
    Our Trip to Africa

    Our Trip to Africa

    Our Trip to Africa

    5.8571966HD

    Originally commissioned by an Austrian couple in 1961 to photograph a travel diary documenting their wild game hunt, Kubelka shot three hours of film...

    Our Trip to Africa
  • 1967
    23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

    23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

    23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

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    The second part: Brakhage’s layering of images spends less time with images of war, and begins filtering in scenes of Vienna and his home in...

    23rd Psalm Branch: Part II
  • 1957
    Adebar

    Adebar

    Adebar

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    Adebar is the first of Peter Kubelka's 'metric films', in which every element of the composition is precisely ordered and in relation to the gestalt....

    Adebar
  • 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    6.72011HD

    Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

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    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 2012
    Monument Film

    Monument Film

    Monument Film

    102012HD

    Arnulf Rainer—every which way but loose.

    Monument Film
  • 1984
    Cinématon XXX

    Cinématon XXX

    Cinématon XXX

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    Reel 30 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.

    Cinématon XXX
  • 1977
    Pause!

    Pause!

    Pause!

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    Short film by Peter Kubelka. Arnulf Rainer contorts his mind and body before the camera.

    Pause!
  • 2012
    Fragments of Kubelka

    Fragments of Kubelka

    Fragments of Kubelka

    52012HD

    This epic documentary subtly introduces the complex worldview of iconic filmmaker and theoretician Peter Kubelka (born 1934, Vienna). While...

    Fragments of Kubelka
  • 2020
    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

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    This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background of the roots of "New Austrian Cinema" and presents Austria as a film...

    Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
  • 2005
    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

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    A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch