Robert Breer Filmes

  • 1979
    T.Z.

    T.Z.

    T.Z.

    6.41979HD

    An elegant home movie, its subject is Breer's apartment which faces the Tappan Zee (T.Z.) Bridge. It is permeated, as are all his films, with subtle...

    T.Z.
  • 1982
    Trial Balloons

    Trial Balloons

    Trial Balloons

    4.81982HD

    An experiment in associative spontaneity.

    Trial Balloons
  • 1997
    Time Flies

    Time Flies

    Time Flies

    6.71997HD

    Personal photos are interspersed with fragmentary drawings and flashes of colour, observed and/or remembered everyday events - all of which add to a...

    Time Flies
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    61967HD

    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1966
    66

    66

    66

    3.31966HD

    Abstract, quasi-geometric study in interrupted continuity.

    66
  • 2000
    Atoz

    Atoz

    Atoz

    62000HD

    An animated film dedicated to Breer's granddaughter Zoë.

    Atoz
  • 1960
    Inner and Outer Space

    Inner and Outer Space

    Inner and Outer Space

    31960HD

    Inner and Outer Space
  • 1977
    77

    77

    77

    41977HD

    A number of simple mechanical objects spiral out of a spray-paint nebula then implode into pure pattern and line.

    77
  • 1952
    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    51952HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases I
  • 1955
    Image by Images IV

    Image by Images IV

    Image by Images IV

    41955HD

    An endless loop of film composed entirely of disparate images. Through repetition, certain images isolate themselves from the flow reforming the...

    Image by Images IV
  • 1953
    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    51953HD

    Different stages of paintings made with ink. The ink fuses, spreads.

    Form Phases III
  • 1962
    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    41962HD

    A woman with an umbrella, a frog and other easily recognizable creatures and objects are moved and transformed within an intricate orchestration of...

    Horse Over Tea Kettle
  • 1956
    Cats

    Cats

    Cats

    41956HD

    Short hand drawn representation of a cat

    Cats
  • 1954
    A Miracle

    A Miracle

    A Miracle

    31954HD

    A collage film in which Pope Pious XII does a juggling act.

    A Miracle
  • 1956
    Motion Pictures No. 1

    Motion Pictures No. 1

    Motion Pictures No. 1

    51956HD

    Experimental film, in which against a black field, constantly changing coloured strips of paper cross the screen, meet each other and deflect at...

    Motion Pictures No. 1
  • 1962
    Pat's Birthday

    Pat's Birthday

    Pat's Birthday

    51962HD

    Breer was influenced by the new performance art and "happenings" making waves in the avant-garde of Europe and New York. He worked briefly with Claes...

    Pat's Birthday
  • 1953
    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    51953HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases II
  • 1993
    Sparkill Ave!

    Sparkill Ave!

    Sparkill Ave!

    81993HD

    Sparkill Ave! combines still photos of Breer's home and environs with hand-drawn images of ordinary objects and scenes.

    Sparkill Ave!
  • 1989
    A Frog on the Swing

    A Frog on the Swing

    A Frog on the Swing

    41989HD

    An animated fable centered around a backyard pond shown intermittently in live-action scenes.

    A Frog on the Swing