Phil Solomon Movies

  • 2005
    Crossroad

    Crossroad

    Crossroad

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    In 2005, Phil Solomon collaborated with his best friend, the highly respected filmmaker Mark LaPore, on a short digital video entitled Crossroad,...

    Crossroad
  • 1999
    Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes

    Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes

    Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes

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    A film Solomon made for his wife on the occasion of their marriage.

    Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
  • 1975
    Nightlight

    Nightlight

    Nightlight

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    Phil Solomon's fist attempt at a cine-nocturne.

    Nightlight
  • 2007
    Last Days in a Lonely Place

    Last Days in a Lonely Place

    Last Days in a Lonely Place

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    The virtual landscapes of a video game are transformed into an existential tale of solemn beauty.

    Last Days in a Lonely Place
  • 1983
    What’s Out Tonight Is Lost

    What’s Out Tonight Is Lost

    What’s Out Tonight Is Lost

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    Adopting its title from a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, What’s Out Tonight Is Lost is an elegiac film sifting through the unrecoverable. The...

    What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
  • 1996
    Concrescence

    Concrescence

    Concrescence

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    This is a hand-painted step-printed collaboration between Phil Solomon and Stan Brakhage.

    Concrescence
  • 2013
    The Emblazoned Apparitions

    The Emblazoned Apparitions

    The Emblazoned Apparitions

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    An alchemically treated lullaby to the end of cinema, featuring Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

    The Emblazoned Apparitions
  • 1994
    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea

    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea

    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea

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    'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.

    Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
  • 2008
    Empire

    Empire

    Empire

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    A re-make of Andy Warhol’s Empire from high atop the Manhattan Island of Grand Theft Auto IV (“Liberty City”), far from the madding...

    Empire
  • 2010
    American Falls

    American Falls

    American Falls

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    Phil Solomon’s immersive triptych film installation American Falls, which was originally commissioned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in...

    American Falls
  • 1980
    The Passage of the Bride

    The Passage of the Bride

    The Passage of the Bride

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    "Solomon's work - some of the best of contemporary experimental film - is difficult. Its optical and moral density eludes language, as if the films,...

    The Passage of the Bride
  • 1989
    Remains to Be Seen

    Remains to Be Seen

    Remains to Be Seen

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    Solomon uses chemical and optical treatments to coat the film with a limpid membrane of swimming crystals, coagulating into silver recall, then...

    Remains to Be Seen
  • 2009
    Still Raining, Still Dreaming

    Still Raining, Still Dreaming

    Still Raining, Still Dreaming

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    Believe it or not, esoteric film sages, i.e., Phil Solomon, are open to the possibilities of working with video — and even video games. This is...

    Still Raining, Still Dreaming
  • 2018
    By This River

    By This River

    By This River

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    Phil Solomon's unreleased GTA film. Made in Grand Theft Auto V.

    By This River
  • 1995
    The Snowman

    The Snowman

    The Snowman

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    “A meditation on memory, burial and decay – a belated kaddish for my father.” (Phil Solomon)

    The Snowman
  • 1989
    The Exquisite Hour

    The Exquisite Hour

    The Exquisite Hour

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    Half lullaby for the dead, half lamentation on the twilight of the cinema.

    The Exquisite Hour
  • 2006
    Untitled (for David Gatten)

    Untitled (for David Gatten)

    Untitled (for David Gatten)

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    Phil Solomon: 'Mark and I made this for our friend David Gatten, as a prayer, an offering, a get well soon card... for all three of us. It was made...

    Untitled (for David Gatten)
  • 2013
    Simply Because You're Near Me

    Simply Because You're Near Me

    Simply Because You're Near Me

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    The many moods and shades of love, set in a virtual Hong Kong. Inspired by the films of Wong Kar Wai.

    Simply Because You're Near Me
  • 1989
    Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage

    Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage

    Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage

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    Okay, well, this film started out as a punk Joke, made 10 minutes before class, in 8mm, shot Brakhage, camera jammed, used accident to shoot him down...

    Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
  • 2002
    Innocence and Despair

    Innocence and Despair

    Innocence and Despair

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    "One week after 9/11, independent filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi put out a call to over 150 experimental and documentary filmmakers...

    Innocence and Despair