Preserved Film Movies

  • 1971
    Dream of the Sphinx

    Dream of the Sphinx

    Dream of the Sphinx

    01971HD

    Gore's second solo film, DREAM OF THE SPHINX is highly representative of his fluid, expressive line work and characteristic traversals through space....

    Dream of the Sphinx
  • 1975
    Light Traps

    Light Traps

    Light Traps

    01975HD

    In the 1970s, Californian artist Louis Hock created a number of studies in the effects of pure colour. The late 1960s saw the rise of the...

    Light Traps
  • 1988
    Satrapy

    Satrapy

    Satrapy

    01988HD

    Rephotographed pornographic playing cards rhythmically intrude upon a piercing 5-beat score of different-sized black parallel lines, creating an...

    Satrapy
  • 1958
    Défense d'afficher

    Défense d'afficher

    Défense d'afficher

    01958HD

    Study of posters and graffiti on the walls of Paris, using ellipses, brief shots and quick camera movements. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive...

    Défense d'afficher
  • 1975
    Studies In Chronovision

    Studies In Chronovision

    Studies In Chronovision

    01975HD

    Film sketches constructed over the past five years investigating temporal composition via single frame-time lapse techniques: light struck...

    Studies In Chronovision
  • 1976
    Film for Log Hill Dogs: The Log Hill Story

    Film for Log Hill Dogs: The Log Hill Story

    Film for Log Hill Dogs: The Log Hill Story

    01976HD

    Constantly changing forms, a plains landscape. One of two films based on David and Diana's life in their house in Colorado, which had just burned...

    Film for Log Hill Dogs: The Log Hill Story
  • 1974
    A Film for Log Hill Dogs

    A Film for Log Hill Dogs

    A Film for Log Hill Dogs

    01974HD

    An elegant depiction of landscape and domestic space. One of two films based on David and Diana's life in their house in Colorado, which had just...

    A Film for Log Hill Dogs
  • 1975
    Love Hospital Trailer

    Love Hospital Trailer

    Love Hospital Trailer

    01975HD

    Presents a series of goofy romantic and pseudo-professional interludes among its all-male cast in the guise of a soap opera TV spot. Preserved by...

    Love Hospital Trailer
  • 1968
    Potpourri

    Potpourri

    Potpourri

    01968HD

    A psychedelic tour de force of animation and time drawing, involving the work of seven artists. A major portion of the drawing was done under the...

    Potpourri
  • 1968
    Yin-Yang

    Yin-Yang

    Yin-Yang

    01968HD

    A psychedelic time-painting using positive, negative, and black light illuminated alternate frames, moving to the beat of a steel guitar blues music...

    Yin-Yang
  • 1977
    Primary Stimulus

    Primary Stimulus

    Primary Stimulus

    01977HD

    Primary Stimulus is an integrated sound-image structure which explores the intrinsic qualities of cinematic light. The abstract patterns which are...

    Primary Stimulus
  • 1980
    Dead Reckoning

    Dead Reckoning

    Dead Reckoning

    01980HD

    A film which seems deceptively simple, Dead Reckoning comprises three identical-length shots which explicitly demonstrate the process of shooting a...

    Dead Reckoning
  • 1983
    Ducksarenodinner

    Ducksarenodinner

    Ducksarenodinner

    01983HD

    Lights whirl around the frame. Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

    Ducksarenodinner
  • 1983
    Just Another Notion

    Just Another Notion

    Just Another Notion

    01983HD

    As a guitar screeches, the image comes into focus. Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

    Just Another Notion
  • 1970
    Allison

    Allison

    Allison

    01970HD

    The film is a portrait of Allison Krause, one of the students murdered at Kent State University on May 4, 1970 by the Ohio National Guard. It is a...

    Allison
  • 1976
    Venice Pier

    Venice Pier

    Venice Pier

    01976HD

    "Gary Beydler's last, and possibly least-seen, film is an exhilarating tour down the length of the Venice Pier, shot over the course of an entire...

    Venice Pier
  • 1965
    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

    01965HD

    A film by Robert Nelson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
  • 1961
    Décollages Recollés

    Décollages Recollés

    Décollages Recollés

    01961HD

    Decollages Recolles is a mystery as it is unfinished, with no indication of the track Hirsh intended. We had two reels, each with a head title, but...

    Décollages Recollés
  • 1957
    Logos

    Logos

    Logos

    01957HD

    Jane Conger Belson Shimane's first film, Logos, premiered in 1957 and was screened at festivals in North America, Europe, and Latin America. The...

    Logos
  • 1966
    Atol

    Atol

    Atol

    01966HD

    A documentary abstraction recorded at night in Los Angeles backed by the music of Stockhausen. It is a preliminary effort to organise camera and...

    Atol