Phil Solomon Movies
- 1999
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour7.31999HD
A little nachtmusick, a deep blue overture to the series. Breathing in the cool night airs, breathing out a children's song; then whispering a prayer...
- 2008
Empire
Empire62008HD
A re-make of Andy Warhol’s Empire from high atop the Manhattan Island of Grand Theft Auto IV (“Liberty City”), far from the madding...
- 2007
Rehearsals for Retirement
Rehearsals for Retirement7.3332007HD
Part of "In Memoriam", a body of work comprising several videos, shot entirely within the virtual world of the Grand Theft Auto video game. Solomon...
- 1980
Nocturne
Nocturne7.51980HD
Nocturne evokes one of the most magnificent films of Brakhage: Fire of Waters. It takes place in a suburb populated by children playing and...
- 1989
Remains to Be Seen
Remains to Be Seen71989HD
Solomon uses chemical and optical treatments to coat the film with a limpid membrane of swimming crystals, coagulating into silver recall, then...
- 1988
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden7.4441988HD
"No filmmaker of the 1980s knew as much as Phil Solomon of affirming the importance of multiple layers in the visual production of images. Solomon...
- 2023
The Summit
The Summit02023HD
The air swarms with hidden energies and engines, invisible broadcasts crackling ominously. History is written in midair, written on the wind, above...
- 1975
Nightlight
Nightlight01975HD
Phil Solomon's fist attempt at a cine-nocturne.
- 1989
The Exquisite Hour
The Exquisite Hour5.31989HD
Half lullaby for the dead, half lamentation on the twilight of the cinema.
- 1970
The Sea Behind Her Head
The Sea Behind Her Head01970HD
The second feature-length film directed by Scott Barley.
- 1999
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes71999HD
A film Solomon made for his wife on the occasion of their marriage.
- 2010
American Falls
American Falls62010HD
Phil Solomon’s immersive triptych film installation American Falls, which was originally commissioned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in...
- 2005
Crossroad
Crossroad7.32005HD
In 2005, Phil Solomon collaborated with his best friend, the highly respected filmmaker Mark LaPore, on a short digital video entitled Crossroad,...
- 2000
Psalm II: Walking Distance
Psalm II: Walking Distance7.32000HD
Imagine a rusted, medieval film can having survived centuries, a long lost D. W. Griffith / Georges Méliès co-production, a film left...
- 1970
Five Films by Phil Solomon
Five Films by Phil Solomon01970HD
Contents: Nocturne (1980) Remains to be seen (1994) The exquisite hour (1994) The snowman (1995) Psalm II : walking distance
- 2002
Innocence and Despair
Innocence and Despair6.32002HD
"One week after 9/11, independent filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi put out a call to over 150 experimental and documentary filmmakers...
- 1989
Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage01989HD
Okay, well, this film started out as a punk Joke, made 10 minutes before class, in 8mm, shot Brakhage, camera jammed, used accident to shoot him down...
- 2009
Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Still Raining, Still Dreaming6.42009HD
Part of Solomon’s acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, titled “In Memoriam”, a body of work shot entirely within the virtual world of...
- 2013
Simply Because You're Near Me
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The many moods and shades of love, set in a virtual Hong Kong. Inspired by the films of Wong Kar Wai.
- 2006
Untitled (for David Gatten)
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Phil Solomon: 'Mark and I made this for our friend David Gatten, as a prayer, an offering, a get well soon card... for all three of us. It was made...