Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1972
    Public Domain

    Public Domain

    Public Domain

    01972HD

    "In PUBLIC DOMAIN...(Frampton) recapitulates cinema's infancy in a series of direct quotes from such notable primitive works as RECORD OF A SNEEZE...

    Public Domain
  • 1974
    Pan 4

    Pan 4

    Pan 4

    4.81974HD

    A series of papers flutter in the wind.

    Pan 4
  • 1974
    Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

    5.11974HD

    Shot at a steel mill, Winter Solstice is full of outpourings of fire, of smoke, of sparks, of molten metal — all erupting against an otherwise...

    Winter Solstice
  • 1973
    Less

    Less

    Less

    4.51973HD

    "Near the end of 1973, Frampton realized that he had not finished a single film over the course of a year. He promptly conceived and executed LESS, a...

    Less
  • 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
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    5.21972HD

    Poetic Justice presents the viewer with an ordinary domestic scene: a stack of papers, a cup of coffee, and a potted cactus on a table. The sheets of...

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice
  • 1974
    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    5.11974HD

    A journey through a field of corn.

    Pan 3
  • 1968
    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

    4.61968HD

    Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell's classic theory about the behavior of gas molecules is represented on-screen by a man performing a series of...

    Maxwell's Demon
  • 1974
    Pan 2

    Pan 2

    Pan 2

    4.71974HD

    Rain falls and reflects the light.

    Pan 2
  • 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
    Straits of Magellan:

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    71974HD

    A sampling of forty-nine fragments from Frampton's catalogue of 'actualities', the films from STRAITS OF MAGELLAN: "DRAFTS AND FRAGMENTS" are all...

    Straits of Magellan:
  • 1969
    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    Palindrome

    5.91969HD

    While working at a photo lab, Frampton found that the waste at both ends of the rolls of processed film—where chemicals worked on the emulsion...

    Palindrome
  • 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

    A short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0
  • 1984
    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    5.91984HD

    Joyce Wieland: “Hollis and I came back to Toronto on holiday in the summer of '67. We were staying at a friend's house. We worked our way...

    A and B in Ontario
  • 1969
    Works and Days

    Works and Days

    Works and Days

    01969HD

    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
  • 1976
    Quaternion

    Quaternion

    Quaternion

    01976HD

    "Strategy and imagery combat and aid each other in pairs. QUATERNION...a spatial figure of monumental attractions...interference...an undulating...

    Quaternion
  • 1968
    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    4.81968HD

    "Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of three historic montage styles, for three...

    Snowblind
  • 1974
    Pan 698

    Pan 698

    Pan 698

    4.11974HD

    The camera pans across a field of flowers at extreme speeds.

    Pan 698
  • 1967
    Heterodyne

    Heterodyne

    Heterodyne

    51967HD

    “Geometric animation made entirely by sculptural methods: cutting, punching, welding colored leader. HETERODYNE is related to some of my other...

    Heterodyne
  • 1969
    Artificial Light

    Artificial Light

    Artificial Light

    61969HD

    Artificial Light repeats variations on a single filmic utterance twenty times. The same phrase is a series of portrait shots of a group of young New...

    Artificial Light