Robert Breer Filmes

  • 1988
    Blue Monday

    Blue Monday

    Blue Monday

    01988HD

    Animated short

    Blue Monday
  • 1956
    Recreation

    Recreation

    Recreation

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    Featuring a commentary by Noël Burch (in nonsense French), Recreation's rapid-fire montage of single-frame images of incredible density and...

    Recreation
  • 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

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    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 1957
    The Movement

    The Movement

    The Movement

    01957HD

    Documentation of an exhibition entitled Le Mouvement held in Paris in 1955, co-curated by Breer and Pontus Hulten. Features works and appearances by...

    The Movement
  • 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
  • 1974
    Fuji

    Fuji

    Fuji

    5.71974HD

    A live action footage of a smiling, bespectacled (presumably) Western tourist set against the familiar cadence of an accelerating train revving up as...

    Fuji
  • 1982
    Trial Balloons

    Trial Balloons

    Trial Balloons

    4.81982HD

    An experiment in associative spontaneity.

    Trial Balloons
  • 1958
    Par avion

    Par avion

    Par avion

    01958HD

    A short film by Robert Breer

    Par avion
  • 1954
    A Miracle

    A Miracle

    A Miracle

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

    A Miracle
  • 1953
    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

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

    Form Phases IV
  • 1968
    PBL #2

    PBL #2

    PBL #2

    01968HD

    "A concise, one-minute cartoon history of the black American, commissioned by the Public Broadcast Laboratory and shown on NET network." - Canyon...

    PBL #2
  • 1978
    Lmno

    Lmno

    Lmno

    5.71978HD

    Conceivably the best of all of Breer’s films to date – has more to do with figuration, according to Breer’s formulation regarding...

    Lmno
  • 1957
    Jamestown Baloos

    Jamestown Baloos

    Jamestown Baloos

    4.71957HD

    Cut-outs of war machines and the figure of Napoleon – contributors to an anti-war theme – encounter abstract shapes, line drawings,...

    Jamestown Baloos
  • 1976
    Rubber Cement

    Rubber Cement

    Rubber Cement

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    An anarchic collage of invention, Rubber Cement uses rotoscoped family footage together with found objects to create an almost free-form animation...

    Rubber Cement
  • 1956
    Cats

    Cats

    Cats

    41956HD

    Short hand drawn representation of a cat

    Cats
  • 1993
    Sparkill Ave!

    Sparkill Ave!

    Sparkill Ave!

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

    Sparkill Ave!
  • 1986
    Bang!

    Bang!

    Bang!

    5.61986HD

    An experimental film in which a photograph of an airplane turns into a wire diagram, then into an animated plane in flight, and then it explodes into...

    Bang!
  • 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
  • 1989
    Colliding

    Colliding

    Colliding

    01989HD

    Shot in 1974, Colliding was made as a portrait of sculptor/animator Robert Breer.

    Colliding
  • 1963
    Breathing

    Breathing

    Breathing

    4.91963HD

    Breer’s animation explores the theme and variation of the drawn line: a line in constant movement and transformation. With a very sketchy...

    Breathing