Robert Breer Filmes

  • 1972
    Gulls and Buoys

    Gulls and Buoys

    Gulls and Buoys

    5.91972HD

    An abstract view of a seacoast landscape, created by mixing original line drawings and rotoscoped imagery traced from live-action footage, presented...

    Gulls and Buoys
  • 1963
    Breathing

    Breathing

    Breathing

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

    Breathing
  • 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
  • 1957
    A Man and His Dog Out for Air

    A Man and His Dog Out for Air

    A Man and His Dog Out for Air

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    While birds can be heard singing a shrill song, lines crisscross wildly as if they aimed to form shapes. Their efforts seem hopeless until the very...

    A Man and His Dog Out for Air
  • 1959
    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

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    A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted by Breer. Alternate version.

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)
  • 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
  • 1970
    70

    70

    70

    51970HD

    "Made with spray paint and hand-cut stencils, this film was an attempt at maximum plastic intensity… Places Breer for the first time among the...

    70
  • 1955
    Image by Images III

    Image by Images III

    Image by Images III

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    Image by Images III
  • 1954
    Image by Images

    Image by Images

    Image by Images

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    Image by Images
  • 2003
    What Goes Up....

    What Goes Up....

    What Goes Up....

    4.82003HD

    Robert Breer’s What Goes Up... continues his “kitchen sink” approach of including as many different kinds of things as possible....

    What Goes Up....
  • 1966
    66

    66

    66

    3.31966HD

    Abstract, quasi-geometric study in interrupted continuity.

    66
  • 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
  • 1980
    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons

    6.31980HD

    Utilising an apparently new-found obsession with the colour red and reinvigorating some of the circular imagery of A Man and His Dog Out for Air and...

    Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons
  • 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