Moving (1981)

A young woman wakes up to a new morning.

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence of close-ups, Elam coyly records portions of several individuals practicing tai chi, primarily focusing on the practitioners’ extremities as they float about. Distinct from its affiliates, “Tai Chi II” finds the action taking place outside.

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

Elam's husband prepares vegetables at the sink.

Two pumpkins.

Cleaning supplies and flames.

Abstract short.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

Digging in the woods.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

A girl sitting on an autumn leaf-filled sidewalk communicates with a mysterious figure across the street.

Silent World War I (WWI) romantic melodrama (based on the novel by William Dudley Pelly) .

The movie is one of the foundational Greek arthouse films, by the filmaker Kostas Sfikas

Two girls spend the evening together. You'll never believe what happens next!

Peter Hutton's New York trilogy. An act of urban archaeology, a chronicle of indelible impressions of the city.

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

An outdoor gathering.