Phill Niblock Movies

  • 1986
    Combat Shock

    Combat Shock

    Combat Shock

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    A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban...

    Combat Shock
  • 1975
    Mozart in Love

    Mozart in Love

    Mozart in Love

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    An irreverent take on Mozart's relations with the three Weber sisters: Louisa, whom he loved, but who didn't love him; Constanza, whom he loved and...

    Mozart in Love
  • 1980
    The Lobotomy

    The Lobotomy

    The Lobotomy

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    Asylum inmate dreams of freedom before medial reality steps in.

    The Lobotomy
  • 2016
    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

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    A day in the life of director Boris Lehman: he wanders from cafe to bookshop, cinema to museum, writer to musician, and into the storeroom of the...

    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms
  • 1966
    The Magic Sun

    The Magic Sun

    The Magic Sun

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    Multi-faceted artist Phil Niblock captures a brief moment of an interstellar communication by the Arkestra in their prime. Black turns white in a...

    The Magic Sun
  • 1969
    Annie

    Annie

    Annie

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    Annie (1969) : 'Annie' is Niblock's portrait of the dancer Ann Danoff set to the soundtrack of a concrète collage by Max Neuhaus.

    Annie
  • 1969
    Line

    Line

    Line

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    A blond woman (Susan Marshall) in white pants and shirt interacts with a moving round object and the camera. Camerawork by Phill Niblock.

    Line
  • 1968
    Trio Film

    Trio Film

    Trio Film

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    Two nudes, a man and a woman, interact with each other and a large balloon in a white living room. Performed by Steve Paxton and Becky Arnold....

    Trio Film
  • 1975
    Hannah Weiner

    Hannah Weiner

    Hannah Weiner

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    Another short film by Niblock which consists simply of Hannah Weiner reading from one of her texts, initially in close-up and then over footage of...

    Hannah Weiner
  • 1988
    Some Imaginary Far Away Type Things a.k.a. Lost in the Meshes

    Some Imaginary Far Away Type Things a.k.a. Lost in the Meshes

    Some Imaginary Far Away Type Things a.k.a. Lost in the Meshes

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    Unedited concert footage of Arthur Russell playing at Experimental Intermedia Foundation on September 22 and October 27, 1985.

    Some Imaginary Far Away Type Things a.k.a. Lost in the Meshes
  • 1967
    Max

    Max

    Max

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    Speaking of Neuhaus, he's the subject of the next film, 'Max', which pairs another of his soundscapes against a succession of processed images and...

    Max
  • 2003
    The Movement of People Working

    The Movement of People Working

    The Movement of People Working

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    A compilation of non-narrative films shot in the 1970s and 1980s by Phill Niblock concerned with the movement people make when they do menial tasks.

    The Movement of People Working
  • 2020
    6 Hours of Music and Film

    6 Hours of Music and Film

    6 Hours of Music and Film

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    As the longest night of the year unfolds and the journey of our planet nears the point when Winter commences in the Northern Hemisphere, Phill...

    6 Hours of Music and Film
  • 1970
    Sunsets

    Sunsets

    Sunsets

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    Original 16mm footage was shot on location in central New York within a 100 mile radius of the town of Clinton. Converted to NTSC video using a Rank...

    Sunsets
  • 1969
    Dog Track

    Dog Track

    Dog Track

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    Dog Track (1969) : For Dogtrack a deeply unsettling, bestiality-themed found text is read aloud with alarming detachment by Barbara Porte while...

    Dog Track
  • 1973
    Armand Schwerner

    Armand Schwerner

    Armand Schwerner

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    A short film by Niblock which consists simply of Armand Schwermer reading from his epic poem The Tablets with commentary, while strolling about in...

    Armand Schwerner
  • 2015
    Timepiece/Maize

    Timepiece/Maize

    Timepiece/Maize

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    A 30 minute extreme close-up long take of the flow of sand trickling from the upper to the lower glass chamber of and hourglass to Phill Niblock's...

    Timepiece/Maize
  • 2017
    Ice-Out

    Ice-Out

    Ice-Out

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    A 59 minute extreme close-up long take of ice cubes slowly melting until they become just water in a stainless steel sink to Phill Niblock's...

    Ice-Out
  • 2014
    Rice & Flowers

    Rice & Flowers

    Rice & Flowers

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    A 46 minute extreme close-up long take of a knife point counting grains of white rice, one by one, on a white surface, to the orchestra piece "One...

    Rice & Flowers
  • 1988
    China

    China

    China

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    Original 16mm footage was filmed on location in China, mostly in the mountains around the city of Luding. At 33:15, the locale switches to the...

    China