Tom Chomont Movies

  • 1967
    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    01967HD

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

    Jabbok
  • 2002
    Tom

    Tom

    Tom

    82002HD

    Portrait of gay filmmaker and Parkinson's sufferer Tom Chomont.

    Tom
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    01966HD

    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 2006
    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

    02006HD

    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
  • 1998
    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

    01998HD

    "Panic Bodies is a 70-minute, six-part exploration of the ways we experience the body's betrayals: disease, decline and death. The film is a panorama...

    Panic Bodies
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    01967HD

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

    Spiracle
  • 1975
    abda/Rebirth

    abda/Rebirth

    abda/Rebirth

    01975HD

    With abda I was processing black and white film myself in buckets . . . I wanted to destroy my own image." – T.C. (An interview in Afterimage,...

    abda/Rebirth
  • 1970
    Storm Warning

    Storm Warning

    Storm Warning

    01970HD

    Third part of a trilogy.

    Storm Warning
  • 1972
    Research

    Research

    Research

    01972HD

    A film by Tom Chomont

    Research
  • 2003
    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    02003HD

    Filmed when Beavers was 18–19, this self-portrait depicts him and Gregory J. Markopoulos in their Swiss apartment. A diary of domestic life, it...

    Early Monthly Segments
  • 1973
    Re: Incarnation

    Re: Incarnation

    Re: Incarnation

    01973HD

    A Berlin diary.

    Re: Incarnation
  • 1998
    Twilight

    Twilight

    Twilight

    01998HD

    Video Art by Tom Chomont

    Twilight
  • 1969
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01969HD

    Made in 1969. 1min. 16mm. Black and White

    Untitled
  • 1972
    Lijn II

    Lijn II

    Lijn II

    01972HD

    Lijn II is a tiny portrait of a friend made on a contact printer from scraps of a film that was lost

    Lijn II
  • 1970
    Head Shot

    Head Shot

    Head Shot

    01970HD

    Made in 1998. Short experimental film.

    Head Shot
  • 1977
    Space Time Studies

    Space Time Studies

    Space Time Studies

    01977HD

    "De eevwigheid duurt een oogwenk./ De ti jd duurt maar door." – A. Roland Holet. "This film is in several short sections. Most are set in a...

    Space Time Studies
  • 1977
    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    01977HD

    "The Heavens"–Symmetrical chaos envelops a lone, topless man, whose symmetrical abstractions conjure up a psychadelic version of DaVinci's...

    The Heavens
  • 1969
    Gloria in the Glass

    Gloria in the Glass

    Gloria in the Glass

    01969HD

    1 minute, color, silent 16mm

    Gloria in the Glass
  • 1984
    Joe's Maison

    Joe's Maison

    Joe's Maison

    01984HD

    The film began as a record of the painter Joseph Glin and his series of paintings inspired by "La Maison Des Mortes" by Guillaume Apollinaire. After...

    Joe's Maison