Harry Smith Movies

  • 1979
    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    01979HD

    Features Thelonious Monk's Misterioso. Extended version of No. 11 printed forward-backward-forward.

    No. 17: Mirror Animations
  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    5.81956HD

    Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 1965
    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    71965HD

    16 mm, color, silent, 10 min. Animation of Seminole patchwork.

    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film
  • 1980
    No. 19

    No. 19

    No. 19

    01980HD

    Film No. 19 US, 1980, 35mm, 12.5 min.

    No. 19
  • 1939
    No. 1: A Strange Dream

    No. 1: A Strange Dream

    No. 1: A Strange Dream

    5.81939HD

    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, silent, 2:20 or 5 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy...

    No. 1: A Strange Dream
  • 1947
    No. 3: Interwoven

    No. 3: Interwoven

    No. 3: Interwoven

    5.81947HD

    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, 3:20 or 10 min. Reportedly cut down from about 30 min. Initially intended to be screened with...

    No. 3: Interwoven
  • 1947
    No. 4: Fast Track

    No. 4: Fast Track

    No. 4: Fast Track

    5.11947HD

    16 mm, black & white and color, 2:16 or 6 min. Silent though possibly intended to be screened with Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca. The film starts...

    No. 4: Fast Track
  • 1965
    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    5.91965HD

    “Superimposed photographs of Mr. Fleischman’s butcher shop in New York, and the Kiowa around Anadarko, Oklahoma–with Cognate...

    No. 14: Late Superimpositions
  • 1954
    No. 9

    No. 9

    No. 9

    6.71954HD

    16 mm, color, 10 min. Untraced collage.

    No. 9
  • 1951
    No. 7: Color Study

    No. 7: Color Study

    No. 7: Color Study

    5.41951HD

    16 mm, color, silent, 5:25 or 15 min. "Optically printed Pythagoreanism in four movements supported on squares, circles, grillwork, and triangles...

    No. 7: Color Study
  • 1949
    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    5.31949HD

    Experimental short. 16 mm, color, silent, 2:30 or 6 min. Sequel to No. 4.

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)
  • 1956
    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    5.81956HD

    Study for Film No. 11: Mirror Animations (1957). Harry Smith described the film as, “An exposition of Buddhism and the Kaballah in the form of...

    No. 10: Mirror Animations
  • 1950
    No. 6

    No. 6

    No. 6

    71950HD

    16 mm, color, silent or mono, 1:30 or 20 min. Untraced red-green anaglyph 3-D film.

    No. 6