Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1973
    Less

    Less

    Less

    4.51973HD

    "Near the end of 1973, Frampton realized that he had not finished a single film over the course of a year. He promptly conceived and executed LESS, a...

    Less
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter

    6.31972HD

    "A vision of a journey, during which the eye of the mind drives headlong through Salisbury Cloister (a monument to enclosure), Brooklyn Bridge (a...

    Hapax Legomena V: Ordinary Matter
  • 1969
    Carrots & Peas

    Carrots & Peas

    Carrots & Peas

    4.41969HD

    A short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Carrots & Peas
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice

    5.21972HD

    Poetic Justice presents the viewer with an ordinary domestic scene: a stack of papers, a cup of coffee, and a potted cactus on a table. The sheets of...

    Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice
  • 1976
    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    4.81976HD

    A short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0
  • 1976
    Not the First Time

    Not the First Time

    Not the First Time

    01976HD

    "This film is composed of different and relatively commonplace subjects, but each image is a super-imposition ('double exposure') of two similar...

    Not the First Time
  • 1984
    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    5.91984HD

    Joyce Wieland: “Hollis and I came back to Toronto on holiday in the summer of '67. We were staying at a friend's house. We worked our way...

    A and B in Ontario
  • 1972
    Tiger Balm

    Tiger Balm

    Tiger Balm

    01972HD

    "After two years of massive didacticism in black-and-white [Hapax Legomena (1971-72)], I am surprised by Tiger Balm, lyrical, in color, a celebration...

    Tiger Balm
  • 1974
    Pan 1

    Pan 1

    Pan 1

    4.51974HD

    A pendulum swings by until it comes to a complete stop.

    Pan 1
  • 1966
    Process Red

    Process Red

    Process Red

    4.91966HD

    An experimental short film by Hollis Frampton of contrasting colours.

    Process Red
  • 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
  • 1972
    Public Domain

    Public Domain

    Public Domain

    01972HD

    "In PUBLIC DOMAIN...(Frampton) recapitulates cinema's infancy in a series of direct quotes from such notable primitive works as RECORD OF A SNEEZE...

    Public Domain
  • 1974
    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I

    4.31974HD

    An experimental short by Hollis Frampton who films the female form during various activities.

    Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I
  • 1976
    Quaternion

    Quaternion

    Quaternion

    01976HD

    "Strategy and imagery combat and aid each other in pairs. QUATERNION...a spatial figure of monumental attractions...interference...an undulating...

    Quaternion
  • 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]
  • 1980
    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII

    61980HD

    Short film by Hollis Frampton

    The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I & VII
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    41977HD

    Hollis Frampton alludes to origins and creation as he cuts between a garden featuring a bride and groom and an 1902 film entitled "A Little Piece of...

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I
  • 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
  • 1974
    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    5.11974HD

    A journey through a field of corn.

    Pan 3
  • 1968
    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    4.81968HD

    "Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of three historic montage styles, for three...

    Snowblind