Hans Richter Movies

  • 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
  • 1921
    Rhythm 21

    Rhythm 21

    Rhythm 21

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    Abstract animated short film. Grey and white squares change size and shape on a black background.

    Rhythm 21
  • 1928
    Ghosts Before Breakfast

    Ghosts Before Breakfast

    Ghosts Before Breakfast

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    Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.

    Ghosts Before Breakfast
  • 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
  • 1955
    Intermediate Landing in Paris

    Intermediate Landing in Paris

    Intermediate Landing in Paris

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    Michèle, an employee at the airport, is in love with American pilot Eddie Miller who regularly flies the route from New York to Paris, but...

    Intermediate Landing in Paris
  • 1947
    Dreams That Money Can Buy

    Dreams That Money Can Buy

    Dreams That Money Can Buy

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    An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve...

    Dreams That Money Can Buy
  • 1926
    Film Study

    Film Study

    Film Study

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    Entertaining Dadaist experimental short, similar to Man Ray's work, full of shifting geometric shapes, stock footage of seagulls, flying eyeballs,...

    Film Study
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

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    We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...

    Rhythm 23
  • 1957
    8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

    8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

    8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements

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    8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements is an American experimental film directed by Hans Richter, Marcel Duchamp, and Jean Cocteau. Described by...

    8 x 8: A Chess-Sonata in 8 Movements
  • 1929
    Two Pence Magic

    Two Pence Magic

    Two Pence Magic

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    Two Penny Magic (Zweigroschenzauber) starting off with a little magic trick. It then presents an array of images from swimmers, bicyclers, murderers,...

    Two Pence Magic
  • 1929
    Everything Turns, Everything Revolves

    Everything Turns, Everything Revolves

    Everything Turns, Everything Revolves

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    A day at the carnival — sensational tent shows where miracles can be seen for the price of admission, boisterous noise of crowds and barkers,...

    Everything Turns, Everything Revolves
  • 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

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    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
  • 1961
    Dadascope

    Dadascope

    Dadascope

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    Free-associative images are juxtaposed with disorienting poetry in Richter's late work. The film is visual dynamite: Upside-down and reversed...

    Dadascope
  • 1929
    The Storming of La Sarraz

    The Storming of La Sarraz

    The Storming of La Sarraz

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    A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema.

    The Storming of La Sarraz
  • 1928
    Race Symphony

    Race Symphony

    Race Symphony

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    In Race Symphony (1928), Richter documents and celebrates a typical day at the German races, where a sophisticated people turn up in droves to gape,...

    Race Symphony
  • 1974
    The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

    The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

    The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

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    The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Herbert Kline. The film shows footage of great modern...

    The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art
  • 1933
    Metall

    Metall

    Metall

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    Directed by Hans Richter.

    Metall
  • 1930
    The New Apartment

    The New Apartment

    The New Apartment

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    A commissioned film for Schweizerischer Werkbund (SWB), Die neue Wohnung was produced for the Basel architectural and interior design exhibition,...

    The New Apartment
  • 1958
    Passionate Pastime

    Passionate Pastime

    Passionate Pastime

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    Hans Richter's documentary on the game of chess. Narrated by Vincent Price. Outlines the history of chess from ancient times to the present and...

    Passionate Pastime
  • 1929
    Every Day

    Every Day

    Every Day

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    Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of...

    Every Day