Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    6.41971HD

    “This film metaphors an entire human life: birth, sex, death – the framing device is the fingers and palm of the maker’s hand,...

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV

    61977HD

    Short film by Hollis Frampton

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV
  • 1979
    Matrix [First Dream]

    Matrix [First Dream]

    Matrix [First Dream]

    4.51979HD

    A film of multiple superimpositions, utilizing the images of Solariumagelani (Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox, and Winter Solstice) (1974) overlaid...

    Matrix [First Dream]
  • 1974
    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton

    5.31974HD

    Tree Over the Valley, Eaton
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects

    7.81972HD

    “The frame itself, which divides what is present to consciousness from what is absolutely elsewhere, is tempered here by the breath, tremor,...

    Hapax Legomena VII: Special Effects
  • 1976
    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II

    01976HD

    "In the final format for MAGELLAN, Frampton had planned to disassemble these two films into twenty-four 'encounters with death' that were to be shown...

    The Green Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part II
  • 1975
    Pas de Trois

    Pas de Trois

    Pas de Trois

    01975HD

    An analysis of film’s persistent relationship to sexuality, mediated by allusions to early cinema’s flicker, and other aggressive...

    Pas de Trois
  • 1976
    The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I

    The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I

    The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I

    01976HD

    "In the final format for MAGELLAN, Frampton had planned to disassemble these two films into twenty-four 'encounters with death' that were to be shown...

    The Red Gate: Magellan at the Gates of Death, Part I
  • 1976
    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires

    01976HD

    "Filmed in large part during H.F.'s lecture-screening tour in the bay area: visit(s) to the Musee Mechanique, Land's End, the Cliff House. The San...

    Otherwise Unexplained Fires
  • 1973
    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    Trees in the River, Kent OH

    51973HD

    Trees in the River, Kent OH
  • 1969
    Works and Days

    Works and Days

    Works and Days

    91969HD

    By stripping the sound from a pre-existing instructional film, Frampton conjures, with an economy of means, the everyday movements then being...

    Works and Days
  • 1969
    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

    51969HD

    Upward shot from the ground perspective of a silo.

    Inside Silo 11
  • 1968
    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    01968HD

    This performance piece by filmmaker Hollis Frampton, recorded in 1968 in New York City, features the voice of artist Michael Snow. Frampton would...

    A Lecture