Joel Schlemowitz Movies

  • 2001
    Typeoclavecin Film - Variations on the Blues for JoJo #10

    Typeoclavecin Film - Variations on the Blues for JoJo #10

    Typeoclavecin Film - Variations on the Blues for JoJo #10

    02001HD

    Poem by Wanda Phipps (as read by her) and accompanied by the typeoclavecin, a typewriter as a musical instrument, built by the filmmaker for the...

    Typeoclavecin Film - Variations on the Blues for JoJo #10
  • 1998
    Bacchanale

    Bacchanale

    Bacchanale

    01998HD

    A Bacchanalia, kindly provided by the Aesthesians, and set to the music of Saint-Saëns from an old 78 record.

    Bacchanale
  • 1997
    1734

    1734

    1734

    01997HD

    A short film of Emily Dickinson’s poem number 1734, which begins with: “Oh, honey of an hour”. The words of the poem appear hand...

    1734
  • 1997
    Eye Music

    Eye Music

    Eye Music

    01997HD

    A hand-cranked film of a wind-up record player, hand-colored to simulate the unheard music.

    Eye Music
  • 1997
    Little Nothings

    Little Nothings

    Little Nothings

    01997HD

    A short film consisting of “Little Nothings,” a poem by Wanda Phipps, read by her with the accompaniment of in-camera superimpositions....

    Little Nothings
  • 1996
    For Joe

    For Joe

    For Joe

    01996HD

    American experimental filmmaker Joel Schlemowitz here pays tribute to Joe of Swiss Camera, a friend who repaired all of his Bolex 16mm cameras. A...

    For Joe
  • 1995
    Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps

    Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps

    Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps

    01995HD

    A miniature city symphony wrought in the sounds of the street and rain-smeared black-and-white. - Max Goldberg

    Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps
  • 1994
    Doris' Garden

    Doris' Garden

    Doris' Garden

    01994HD

    A garden portrait for Doris Kornish.

    Doris' Garden
  • 1994
    Morris Engel Time Sculpture

    Morris Engel Time Sculpture

    Morris Engel Time Sculpture

    01994HD

    A short filmic portrait of Morris Engel’s watch-part collages.

    Morris Engel Time Sculpture
  • 1993
    Poem for the Past

    Poem for the Past

    Poem for the Past

    01993HD

    A filmic analogy for the elusiveness of the past. The operations of unconventional printing techniques representing the processes of memory. The film...

    Poem for the Past
  • 1992
    Birds of Prey

    Birds of Prey

    Birds of Prey

    01992HD

    The birds in BIRDS OF PREY are made from garbage bags and coat hangers, held together with electrical tape. Their inability to fly gives them a...

    Birds of Prey
  • 1992
    Unmeasured Prelude for Kerry Laitala

    Unmeasured Prelude for Kerry Laitala

    Unmeasured Prelude for Kerry Laitala

    01992HD

    Multiple camera passes of baroque statuary with a soundtrack of dripping water and a Louis Couperin prelude highly distorted. The centerpiece of the...

    Unmeasured Prelude for Kerry Laitala
  • 1990
    Abrasions

    Abrasions

    Abrasions

    01990HD

    Charged ambiguity in a sado-erotic setting.

    Abrasions