Abstract Movies

  • 1977
    D'art moderne

    D'art moderne

    D'art moderne

    01977HD

    D'art moderne
  • 1969
    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    01969HD

    The animation referred to as Early Animations or Quacked Jokes is an anomaly among Beckett's films. It was probably not intended to be shown outside...

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations
  • 1974
    Life in the Atom

    Life in the Atom

    Life in the Atom

    01974HD

    Life in the Atom was never completed but the existing version was digitally restored in 2009. The film depicts an ever-changing world inhabited by a...

    Life in the Atom
  • 1953
    Eneri

    Eneri

    Eneri

    01953HD

    Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation...

    Eneri
  • 1969
    Yours

    Yours

    Yours

    01969HD

    Yours
  • 1963
    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds

    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds

    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds

    01963HD

    An abstract film, with which Pansini attempted "Malevichean" reduction. It is a blank, an empty film reel with coloristic and toned global changes,...

    K3 - Clear Sky without Clouds
  • 2004
    Handmade

    Handmade

    Handmade

    02004HD

    In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing...

    Handmade
  • 1986
    Light

    Light

    Light

    01986HD

    First personal experience with a Super-8 camera manually exposing film out of any light source.

    Light
  • 1989
    The Blind

    The Blind

    The Blind

    01989HD

    A blind man stumbles about in a desert before his seeing stick is caught in a bear trap. Crawling, he manages to find a waiting line composed of the...

    The Blind
  • 1989
    Physical Sculpture

    Physical Sculpture

    Physical Sculpture

    51989HD

    A sculptor models a face with boxing gloves.

    Physical Sculpture
  • 1989
    TV Buster

    TV Buster

    TV Buster

    01989HD

    A couple are watching television together. Over time, the shows become more bizarre: a news report about the arrest of two terrorists reveals they...

    TV Buster
  • 1989
    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

    01989HD

    A man pays local children to bring him flies. After having cut off their wings and legs, he sticks them on the walls of his apartment. When a...

    The Last Fly
  • 1980
    Aquarelles

    Aquarelles

    Aquarelles

    01980HD

    Computer imagery dances before a techno soundtrack.

    Aquarelles
  • 1966
    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

    EMS nr 1

    01966HD

    An abstract audiovisual poem by electronic musician and composer Ralph Lundsten.

    EMS nr 1
  • 1995
    Unstable Materials

    Unstable Materials

    Unstable Materials

    61995HD

    This film is made by some beautiful and unique alchemical transformations of the film material itself. It is a visual expedition into the world of...

    Unstable Materials
  • 1974
    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    51974HD

    A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made...

    At the Academy
  • 1979
    Two Space

    Two Space

    Two Space

    01979HD

    Two Space systematically explores symmetries used by Islamic artists to create abstract temple decorations. The two dimensional patterns, like the...

    Two Space
  • 2006
    Color Dream no. 246

    Color Dream no. 246

    Color Dream no. 246

    02006HD

    An abstract animated short by Michael Theodore.

    Color Dream no. 246