Robert Breer Movies

  • 1956
    Cats

    Cats

    Cats

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    Short hand drawn representation of a cat

    Cats
  • 1956
    Recreation II

    Recreation II

    Recreation II

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    Voted for in Sight & Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time poll

    Recreation II
  • 1979
    T.Z.

    T.Z.

    T.Z.

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    An elegant home movie, its subject is Breer's apartment which faces the Tappan Zee (T.Z.) Bridge. It is permeated, as are all his films, with subtle...

    T.Z.
  • 1955
    Image by Images III

    Image by Images III

    Image by Images III

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    Image by Images III
  • 1955
    Image by Images IV

    Image by Images IV

    Image by Images IV

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    An endless loop of film composed entirely of disparate images. Through repetition, certain images isolate themselves from the flow reforming the...

    Image by Images IV
  • 1954
    Image by Images

    Image by Images

    Image by Images

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    Image by Images
  • 2000
    Atoz

    Atoz

    Atoz

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    An animated film dedicated to Breer's granddaughter Zoë.

    Atoz
  • 1989
    Colliding

    Colliding

    Colliding

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    Shot in 1974, Colliding was made as a portrait of sculptor/animator Robert Breer.

    Colliding
  • 1955
    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

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    Image by Images II
  • 1953
    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

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    Different stages of paintings made with ink. The ink fuses, spreads.

    Form Phases III
  • 1960
    Inner and Outer Space

    Inner and Outer Space

    Inner and Outer Space

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    Inner and Outer Space
  • 1963
    Breathing

    Breathing

    Breathing

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    Breer’s animation explores the theme and variation of the drawn line: a line in constant movement and transformation. With a very sketchy...

    Breathing
  • 1952
    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    51952HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases I
  • 1959
    Eyewash

    Eyewash

    Eyewash

    4.91959HD

    A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted by Breer. - Harvard Film Archive

    Eyewash