Robert Beavers Movies

  • 1974
    Ruskin

    Ruskin

    Ruskin

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    “Ruskin visits the sites of (art critic) John Ruskin’s work: London, the Alps and, above all, Venice, where the camera’s attention...

    Ruskin
  • 2018
    Cape Cod

    Cape Cod

    Cape Cod

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    Cape Cod
  • 2013
    Listening to the Space in My Room

    Listening to the Space in My Room

    Listening to the Space in My Room

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    Ostensibly a portrait of a place where the artist had resided until recently, the new film by Robert Beavers conjures not only the memory but also...

    Listening to the Space in My Room
  • 1969
    The Count of Days

    The Count of Days

    The Count of Days

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    The film is seen as though upon and through the structure of its spiritual partitions. One might say that there are three elements or levels to the...

    The Count of Days
  • 1973
    Work Done

    Work Done

    Work Done

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    ”Bracing in its simplicity, Work done was shot in Florence and the Alps, and celebrates an archaic Europe. Contemplating a stone vault cooled...

    Work Done
  • 1971
    Still Light

    Still Light

    Still Light

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    Landscape and desire. Details from the Greek island of Hydra, a figure, a study in light and place and the act of creation. The first half of the...

    Still Light
  • 2017
    Among the Eucalyptuses

    Among the Eucalyptuses

    Among the Eucalyptuses

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    Late afternoon quiet and a silent figure seated on a bench; the old factories and machinery, warehouses and train lines are part of Greece, now...

    Among the Eucalyptuses
  • 2001
    The Ground

    The Ground

    The Ground

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    What lives in the space between the stones, in the space cupped between my hand and my chest? Filmmaker/stonemason. A tower or ruin of remembrance....

    The Ground
  • 2018
    “Der Klang, die Welt…”

    “Der Klang, die Welt…”

    “Der Klang, die Welt…”

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    '“Der Klang, die Welt…” was filmed in the same site as Listening to the Space in My Room, but now we hear Dieter Staehelin...

    “Der Klang, die Welt…”
  • 1967
    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    Jabbok

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    The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

    Jabbok
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

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    Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.

    Spiracle
  • 1977
    Sotiros Responds

    Sotiros Responds

    Sotiros Responds

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    The first film in Robert Beavers' Sotiros trilogy

    Sotiros Responds
  • 1967
    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    01967HD

    The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

    Jabbok
  • 1970
    Palinode

    Palinode

    Palinode

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    In Palinode a disk-shaped matte continually shifting in and out of focus alternately blocks part of the image or contains it. Its respiratory rhythm...

    Palinode
  • 1978
    Sotiros in the Elements

    Sotiros in the Elements

    Sotiros in the Elements

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    The final entry in Robert Beavers' Sotiros trilogy

    Sotiros in the Elements
  • 1970
    Diminished Frame

    Diminished Frame

    Diminished Frame

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    “There is a balance between a sense of the past seen in the views of West Berlin, filmed in black & white, and a sense of the present in...

    Diminished Frame
  • 1969
    View

    View

    View

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    The view from a window overlooking a busy city street overlays varying geometric shapes moving against a brightly coloured background. Silence is...

    View
  • 2006
    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

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    Short video by Tom Chomont, features Robert Beavers and his mother during the filming of Pitcher of Colored Light. Consists of sections titled Bathed...

    Mother's Day
  • 1978
    Sotiros (Alone)

    Sotiros (Alone)

    Sotiros (Alone)

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    The second film in Robert Beavers' Sotiros trilogy

    Sotiros (Alone)
  • 2014
    First Weeks

    First Weeks

    First Weeks

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    “Call them spontaneous or occasional films. I did not know if I would show this publicly when I filmed. The gift was Luke Fowler suggesting...

    First Weeks