Harry Smith Filmes

  • 1980
    Number 20: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

    Number 20: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

    Number 20: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

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    In 1980, Harry Smith combined his two Wizard of Oz-related films (FILM NO. 16 and 19) and called the new work FILM NO. 20: FRAGMENTS OF A FAITH...

    Number 20: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten
  • 1950
    No. 6

    No. 6

    No. 6

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    16 mm, color, silent or mono, 1:30 or 20 min. Untraced red-green anaglyph 3-D film.

    No. 6
  • 1954
    No. 9

    No. 9

    No. 9

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    16 mm, color, 10 min. Untraced collage.

    No. 9
  • 1962
    No. 13: Oz

    No. 13: Oz

    No. 13: Oz

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    Unfinished commercial adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which was shelved after Smith's close friend, the executive producer...

    No. 13: Oz
  • 1979
    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

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    Features Thelonious Monk's Misterioso. Extended version of No. 11 printed forward-backward-forward.

    No. 17: Mirror Animations
  • 1949
    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

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    Experimental short. 16 mm, color, silent, 2:30 or 6 min. Sequel to No. 4.

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)
  • 1947
    No. 4: Fast Track

    No. 4: Fast Track

    No. 4: Fast Track

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    16 mm, black & white and color, 2:16 or 6 min. Silent though possibly intended to be screened with Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca. The film starts...

    No. 4: Fast Track
  • 1951
    No. 7: Color Study

    No. 7: Color Study

    No. 7: Color Study

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    16 mm, color, silent, 5:25 or 15 min. "Optically printed Pythagoreanism in four movements supported on squares, circles, grillwork, and triangles...

    No. 7: Color Study
  • 1965
    Chinese Checkers

    Chinese Checkers

    Chinese Checkers

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    His Oriental predator is at first clothed in black, her 'victim' in white; slowly the costumes change, the victim acquiring a veil of mourning, until...

    Chinese Checkers
  • 1939
    No. 1: A Strange Dream

    No. 1: A Strange Dream

    No. 1: A Strange Dream

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    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, silent, 2:20 or 5 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy...

    No. 1: A Strange Dream
  • 1947
    No. 3: Interwoven

    No. 3: Interwoven

    No. 3: Interwoven

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    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, 3:20 or 10 min. Reportedly cut down from about 30 min. Initially intended to be screened with...

    No. 3: Interwoven
  • 1987
    Home Movie

    Home Movie

    Home Movie

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    “Harry Smith visited my apartment on East 3rd Street, New York City, April 1987. Harry told someone calling him he was at “a secret...

    Home Movie
  • 1971
    Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971

    Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971

    Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971

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    April 19 nite of Ricky visit but not of Ricky. 1. Jose Soltero & his assistant Alicia from Argentina. I do teaching, they tape. 2. Harry arrives...

    Ricky Leacock Visit, evening, April 19, 1971