Robert Breer Movies

  • 1954
    A Miracle

    A Miracle

    A Miracle

    31954HD

    A collage film in which Pope Pious XII does a juggling act.

    A Miracle
  • 1992
    Robert Breer At Home

    Robert Breer At Home

    Robert Breer At Home

    01992HD

    Burford met Breer in February 1992 and filmed his actions. Breer manipulates some of his mutoscopes: he leafs through some cards of his film in the...

    Robert Breer At Home
  • 1962
    Pat's Birthday

    Pat's Birthday

    Pat's Birthday

    51962HD

    Breer was influenced by the new performance art and "happenings" making waves in the avant-garde of Europe and New York. He worked briefly with Claes...

    Pat's Birthday
  • 1955
    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

    01955HD

    Image by Images II
  • 1979
    T.Z.

    T.Z.

    T.Z.

    6.41979HD

    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 IV

    Image by Images IV

    Image by Images IV

    41955HD

    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
  • 1953
    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    51953HD

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

    Form Phases III
  • 1976
    Rubber Cement

    Rubber Cement

    Rubber Cement

    31976HD

    An anarchic collage of invention, Rubber Cement uses rotoscoped family footage together with found objects to create an almost free-form animation...

    Rubber Cement
  • 1953
    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

    6.51953HD

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

    Form Phases IV
  • 1959
    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    01959HD

    A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted by Breer. Alternate version.

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)
  • 1964
    Fist Fight

    Fist Fight

    Fist Fight

    4.61964HD

    Breer's extraordinary autobiographical film combines personal and family photos with intense colors, textures and geometric abstractions. Originally...

    Fist Fight
  • 1953
    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    51953HD

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

    Form Phases II
  • 1968
    PBL #2

    PBL #2

    PBL #2

    01968HD

    "A concise, one-minute cartoon history of the black American, commissioned by the Public Broadcast Laboratory and shown on NET network." - Canyon...

    PBL #2