Tom Chomont Movies

  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1965
    Night Blossoms

    Night Blossoms

    Night Blossoms

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    "I would say that the films of Mike Kuchar interest me very much. Also, some footage by a young film-maker in Boston, Tom Chomont, his footage...

    Night Blossoms
  • 1966
    Anthony

    Anthony

    Anthony

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    "The first experimental films I saw were mostly trance films or reactions to trance films. [My] first films, like Anthony (1966), are rather like...

    Anthony
  • 2003
    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

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    Early Monthly Segments, filmed when Beavers was 18 and 19 years old, now forms the opening to his film cycle, "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged...

    Early Monthly Segments
  • 1969
    The Cat Lady

    The Cat Lady

    The Cat Lady

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    “A portrait of Carla Liss, evoking the atmosphere of the old horror films we both loved.”

    The Cat Lady
  • 1969
    Oblivion

    Oblivion

    Oblivion

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    “Approximately thirty images comprise Oblivion. Most obsessively repeat themselves. Although the images appear to be solarized, the film was...

    Oblivion
  • 1968
    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

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    “I usually avoid the term ‘film poem,’ because it was overused in the ‘40s and ‘50s. But somehow it fits Phases of The...

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life
  • 1994
    Aquarium

    Aquarium

    Aquarium

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    Short experimental film made in 1994.

    Aquarium
  • 1969
    Ophelia

    Ophelia

    Ophelia

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    A portrait inspired by reading about John Millais' painting Ophelia.

    Ophelia
  • 1977
    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    The Heavens

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    "The Heavens"–Symmetrical chaos envelops a lone, topless man, whose symmetrical abstractions conjure up a psychadelic version of DaVinci's...

    The Heavens
  • 1970
    Portret

    Portret

    Portret

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    A portrait of Eric de Kuyper.

    Portret
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1970
    Aria

    Aria

    Aria

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    For R. B. and G. M. Filmed in Diesntis, Switzerland.

    Aria
  • 1967
    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    Jabbok

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    The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

    Jabbok
  • 2002
    Tom

    Tom

    Tom

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    Portrait of gay filmmaker and Parkinson's sufferer Tom Chomont.

    Tom
  • 1978
    Earth

    Earth

    Earth

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    Flashing lights illuminate black faces and dark eyes, oscillating between darkness and inverted lightness.

    Earth
  • 1975
    abda/Rebirth

    abda/Rebirth

    abda/Rebirth

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    With abda I was processing black and white film myself in buckets . . . I wanted to destroy my own image." – T.C. (An interview in Afterimage,...

    abda/Rebirth
  • 1965
    Flames

    Flames

    Flames

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    Flames
  • 1967
    Jabbock

    Jabbock

    Jabbock

    01967HD

    The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

    Jabbock
  • 1966
    Mona Lysa

    Mona Lysa

    Mona Lysa

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    Whimsical variations suggested by the minute cracks in a print of Leonardo's famous portrait.

    Mona Lysa