Joel Schlemowitz Movies
- 2001
Typeoclavecin Film - Variations on the Blues for JoJo #10
Typeoclavecin Film - Variations on the Blues for JoJo #1002001HD
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...
- 1998
Bacchanale
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A Bacchanalia, kindly provided by the Aesthesians, and set to the music of Saint-Saëns from an old 78 record.
- 1997
1734
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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...
- 1997
Eye Music
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A hand-cranked film of a wind-up record player, hand-colored to simulate the unheard music.
- 1997
Little Nothings
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A short film consisting of “Little Nothings,” a poem by Wanda Phipps, read by her with the accompaniment of in-camera superimpositions....
- 1996
For Joe
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American experimental filmmaker Joel Schlemowitz here pays tribute to Joe of Swiss Camera, a friend who repaired all of his Bolex 16mm cameras. A...
- 1995
Filmpoem for Wanda Phipps
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A miniature city symphony wrought in the sounds of the street and rain-smeared black-and-white. - Max Goldberg
- 1994
Doris' Garden
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A garden portrait for Doris Kornish.
- 1994
Morris Engel Time Sculpture
Morris Engel Time Sculpture01994HD
A short filmic portrait of Morris Engel’s watch-part collages.
- 1993
Poem for the Past
Poem for the Past01993HD
A filmic analogy for the elusiveness of the past. The operations of unconventional printing techniques representing the processes of memory. The film...
- 1992
Birds of Prey
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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...
- 1992
Unmeasured Prelude for Kerry Laitala
Unmeasured Prelude for Kerry Laitala01992HD
Multiple camera passes of baroque statuary with a soundtrack of dripping water and a Louis Couperin prelude highly distorted. The centerpiece of the...
- 1990
Abrasions
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Charged ambiguity in a sado-erotic setting.