Ed Emshwiller Movies

  • 1979
    Eclipse

    Eclipse

    Eclipse

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    Really gorgeous visuals from Emshwiller made for Roger Reynolds's Voicescapes performance, containing elements from his previous Sunstone.

    Eclipse
  • 1971
    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    Choice Chance Woman Dance

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    A subjective film song of awareness; woman alone, woman with child, woman as scientist, woman as artist, woman with woman, woman with man. Paradox...

    Choice Chance Woman Dance
  • 1963
    Totem

    Totem

    Totem

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    A filmic interpretation of a modern dance ballet by Alvin Nikolais. Earth, fire, water and primordial mysteries in a cine-dance.

    Totem
  • 1966
    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

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    Oysters Are in Season feautures the improvised humor of Swede Sorenson, Dean Preece and Molly Parkin as they play out sharply satiric situations....

    Oysters Are in Season
  • 1965
    Film Magazine of the Arts

    Film Magazine of the Arts

    Film Magazine of the Arts

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    "In Spring, 1963 Show Magazine called me and asked that I make a film on arts in New York. I told them, why did they want me to make it - didn't they...

    Film Magazine of the Arts
  • 1967
    Fusion

    Fusion

    Fusion

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    A kaleidoscopic collage of colours and dehumanised modern dancers, making subtle use of double exposure and electronic music. Shapes move and grow to...

    Fusion
  • 1970
    Report

    Report

    Report

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    Shot during the 1968/69 school year at University of California Berkeley, Report was created as part of Norman Jacobson’s experimental...

    Report
  • 1975
    Inside Edges

    Inside Edges

    Inside Edges

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    A video work by Ed Emshwiller

    Inside Edges
  • 1966
    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

    In Three Zones

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    A film based on play by Wilford Leach

    In Three Zones
  • 1973
    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

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    A collaboration between Ed Emshwiller and Anthony Bannon funded by a New York State Council on the Arts grant.

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces
  • 1965
    Faces of America

    Faces of America

    Faces of America

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    An impressionistic portrait of America's diversity

    Faces of America
  • 1958
    Monsters

    Monsters

    Monsters

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    The Second film by Ed Emshwiller

    Monsters
  • 1960
    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    Lifelines

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    A combination of animated line drawings with live photography of a nude model. A play on the title (living lines, life model, procreation and hand...

    Lifelines
  • 1984
    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

    Skin Matrix

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    Emshwiller writes that the visually complex and densely textured Skin Matrix is a "video tapestry... a layering of different manifestations of...

    Skin Matrix
  • 1979
    Sunstone

    Sunstone

    Sunstone

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    Experimental computer animation from pioneering artist Ed Emshwiller.

    Sunstone
  • 1972
    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

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    A video film by Ed Emshwiller

    Woe Oh Ho No
  • 1978
    Dubs

    Dubs

    Dubs

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    Dubs is a somewhat abstract, experimental video without a clearly defined plot. It focusses mostly on the relationships between men and women and the...

    Dubs
  • 1962
    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

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    THE STREETS OF GREENWOOD (1962), looks at voter registration efforts by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)and a concert in a...

    The Streets of Greenwood
  • 1959
    Transformation

    Transformation

    Transformation

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    The pointillist score accompanies changing line, form, and color to create an animated film painting, achieved through the exploration of spontaneous...

    Transformation
  • 1969
    Jr. Star Trek

    Jr. Star Trek

    Jr. Star Trek

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    The ten-year-old filmmaker (and star) pays homage to the Star Trek series.

    Jr. Star Trek