Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1967
    Wavelength

    Wavelength

    Wavelength

    5.31967HD

    Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this...

    Wavelength
  • 2021
    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

    7.62021HD

    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
  • 1970
    Zorns Lemma

    Zorns Lemma

    Zorns Lemma

    6.11970HD

    Zorns Lemma is a 1970 American structuralist film by Hollis Frampton. It is named after Zorn's lemma (also known as the Kuratowski–Zorn lemma),...

    Zorns Lemma
  • 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

    81986HD

    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
  • 1969
    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

    51969HD

    Upward shot from the ground perspective of a silo.

    Inside Silo 11
  • 1966
    Process Red

    Process Red

    Process Red

    4.91966HD

    An experimental short film by Hollis Frampton of contrasting colours.

    Process Red
  • 1979
    Gloria!

    Gloria!

    Gloria!

    4.91979HD

    In GLORIA! Frampton juxtaposes nineteenth-century concerns with contemporary forms through the interfacing of a work of early cinema with a...

    Gloria!
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    6.41971HD

    Michael Snow narrates a series of Hollis Frampton's photographs (speaking as Frampton, in the first person)—as each picture catches fire on a...

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia
  • 1974
    Pan 699

    Pan 699

    Pan 699

    3.81974HD

    A little boy celebrates his frog catch.

    Pan 699
  • 1969
    Lemon

    Lemon

    Lemon

    4.81969HD

    Light begins to illuminate the small, nipple-like end of a lemon on the right edge of the frame and gradually spreads until the entire lemon is...

    Lemon
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    4.31974HD

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

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
  • 1969
    Carrots & Peas

    Carrots & Peas

    Carrots & Peas

    4.41969HD

    A short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Carrots & Peas
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass

    5.91971HD

    A man and a woman have been living together for six months. After disappearing for two days, the man returns and acts as if nothing has happened,...

    Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass
  • 1974
    Pan 697

    Pan 697

    Pan 697

    3.81974HD

    A butchered cow is decapitated in this short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Pan 697
  • 1974
    Pan 1

    Pan 1

    Pan 1

    4.51974HD

    A pendulum swings by until it comes to a complete stop.

    Pan 1
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    41977HD

    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
  • 1966
    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    51966HD

    In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary...

    Manual of Arms
  • 1968
    Surface Tension

    Surface Tension

    Surface Tension

    5.51968HD

    A film in three parts: a man talking while a telephone rings, a walking tour of New York, and a goldfish swimming.

    Surface Tension
  • 1974
    Pan 0

    Pan 0

    Pan 0

    4.41974HD

    Clouds roll by in a static haze.

    Pan 0
  • 1979
    More Than Meets The Eye

    More Than Meets The Eye

    More Than Meets The Eye

    01979HD

    "...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