Louise Bourque Movies
- 2024
Out for Ice Cream
Out for Ice Cream02024HD
The story of two friends on the cusp of adolescence, Rachel Samson's warm-hearted animation is an ode to those special summer days that contain major...
- 1990
Du couteau au fusil
Du couteau au fusil01990HD
Between the city, the suburbs and the theft of an automobile.
- 2022
Bye Bye Now
Bye Bye Now02022HD
“In home movies, the gesture of waving provides the future viewer with the acknowledgment of a constant ‘goodbye.’ Yet when the...
- 1997
Imprint
Imprint01997HD
"Louise Bourque's 'Imprint' focuses obsessively on home-movie images of her family's house, which seems gloomily oppressive, almost filling the...
- 2013
être...été
être...été02013HD
Punk rock, direct animation with a tip of the hat to Len Lye.
- 2011
Remains
Remains02011HD
The mother figure revisited is a recurring theme in Louise Bourque’s work. A celluloid deterioration that addresses the ephemeral quality of...
- 2013
Auto Portrait / Self Portrait Post Partum
Auto Portrait / Self Portrait Post Partum02013HD
SPPP is an autobiographical experimental film exploring the ramifications of the devastating breakup of a romantic relationship. The film examines my...
- 2011
The Visitation
The Visitation02011HD
"A statue of the Madonna from a shrine in the house where I grew up takes on an uncanny appearance as if in response to an incantation (an...
- 2011
A Little Prayer (H-E-L-P)
A Little Prayer (H-E-L-P)02011HD
The images of Houdini chained and attempting to free himself: the stop-and-start (interruption-repetition) of his actions; the high-contrast of the...
- 2005
Rooftop Song
Rooftop Song02005HD
Rooftop Song is a part of 3 videos made at the Lenox Hotel in Buffalo, N.Y.
- 1991
People Shoot — Home Movies
People Shoot — Home Movies01991HD
Home movies shot on the set of The People in the House.
- 2001
HELP
HELP02001HD
Workprint for a little prayer (H-E-L-P)
- 2005
The Bleeding Heart of It
The Bleeding Heart of It02005HD
The house that bursts; the scene of the crime; the nucleus. A universe collapses on itself: all hell breaks loose.
- 1994
The People in the House
The People in the House01994HD
"'The People in the House' examines the dynamics of a family in crisis and questions the role of religious devotion in the perpetuation of...
- 1991
Just Words
Just Words61991HD
"Using as it's text Samuel Beckett's 'Not I,' this shocking gift incorporates optically printed home movie footage and an eerily slick close-up of...
- 1989
Jolicoeur Touriste
Jolicoeur Touriste01989HD
An enclosed space, a struggle against the constraints of personal isolation explored through a fractured narrative. A man living in a broken-down...
- 2003
Jours en fleurs
Jours en fleurs02003HD
"Jours en fleurs" is a reclamation of flower-power in which images of trees in springtime bloom are subjected to the floriferous ravages of...
- 2000
Going Back Home
Going Back Home62000HD
Turmoil of unsheltered childhood: the dwelling as self.
- 1999
Fissures
Fissures01999HD
In making this piece, Bourque literally distorted the personal home movie images appearing on the film plane through various manipulations in the...
- 2002
Self Portrait Post Mortem
Self Portrait Post Mortem52002HD
An unearthed time capsule consisting of footage of the maker's youthful self – an “exquisite corpse” with nature as collaborator....