Structural Film Movies
- 2016

A Train Arrives at the Station
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“This film was a gift to me. I make no claims for it, nor do I offer any apologies. It comes from work on The Thoughts That Once We Had. There...
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- 2023

Nameless
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Conflict between son and mother.
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- 1967

O
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"Fears and thrills... Part structure (the centerpoint): part improvisation."
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- 2005

Endless
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A meditation on the inevitable deterioration of certain traditional values that have been established (or destroyed) throughout civilization. This...
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- 2023

Twin City Twist
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A silent dance documenting a brief visit to Minneapolis in the fall of 2022. A reflection on the sleeping city's tumultuous recent history through a...
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- 2022

When I Close My Eyes I See Everything
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A Sunday walk in a forest turns into a poetic journey on perception.
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- 1976

Trapline
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Ellie Epp’s 12-shot study of a soon-to-be-demolished public bath in London, which “maps another way out of structural film toward a...
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- 2023

Third Shift Coming Home
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This audio-visual tone poem uses the language of filmmaking to offer a first-hand evocation of the turbulent psychological effects one can experience...
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- 1975

Pas de Trois
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An analysis of film’s persistent relationship to sexuality, mediated by allusions to early cinema’s flicker, and other aggressive...
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- 1994

Acoustic Apple
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A short showing Robakowski peeling and eating an apple, which itself produces the sound.
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- 1970

Torre 1
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The port of a Mediterranean coastal city, which had once been the symbol of prosperity and the epicenter of life in the region, is now only the...
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- 1991

La Mer
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The passing time is displayed as a series of still frames, or a rapid sequence of moments, ever flowing like the waves that break on the shore, like...
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- 1993

1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)
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ince the 1970s, Robakowski has been experimenting with the category of the author, transferring the authorship of his works onto the film camera. ...
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- 2021

Water from The Tremulous Stream
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A glimpse over the Diguillín River through the mechanical eye of an old digital camera. Light’s trail presents itself fortuitously over...
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- 2016

Fade to Blank
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My grandmother is suffering from senile dementia and already lost many precious memories. I try to use the methods of structural film to film her and...
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- 2016

Satin #7
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Textural film produced in San Francisco utilizing satin sheets and analog feedback.
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- 2025

Some Real Places
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A short structural film that questions the reality we live in under capitalism through various images of Paris, Edinburgh, and Disneyland.
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- 2025

It Dawned on Me
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Depicting the sun rising on a midwestern winter landscape filmed over 1 hour and 10 minutes, this film explores the relationship between natural...
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- 2017

Niebla
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Fog has a curious effect on cinema. On the one hand, it precludes the production of those images that seem artificial, on account of their sharpness....
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