Maxwell's Demon (1968)
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Runtime : 4M
Director : Hollis Frampton
Synopsis
Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell's classic theory about the behavior of gas molecules is represented on-screen by a man performing a series of Canadian air force exercises.
A short film by Hollis Frampton.
An experimental short film by Hollis Frampton of contrasting colours.
A short film by Hollis Frampton.
Two portraits in relation to each other, the first of Robert Creeley, the second of Michael McClure.
Story about a man whose environment doesn't let him live his simple life.
In this film, Paul Tomkowicz, Polish-born Canadian, talks about his job and his life in Canada. He compares his new life in the city of Winnipeg to the life he knew in Poland, marvelling at the freedom Canadians enjoy. In winter the rail-switches on streetcar tracks in Winnipeg froze and jammed with freezing mud and snow. Keeping them clean, whatever the weather, was the job of the switchman.
Light begins to illuminate the small, nipple-like end of a lemon on the right edge of the frame and gradually spreads until the entire lemon is clearly visible. Then the light recedes across the frame.
London to Brighton in 4 minutes BBC interlude. From the days when TV was all live and programming was hectic. Often when one program finished, the next one was not ready yet, and the gap had to be filled. So the BBC developed a number of interludes to fill these gaps, this being the most famous one.
A high-speed view of Paris via train-track; Zooming down the Seine by boat. Chomette's first film, Games of Reflections and Speed, traverses tunnels and elevated railways to produce a disarming rhythm.
An experimental animated short film in which a piano plays a song and the keys, hammers, and various other parts of the piano are different colors.
A send-up of Griffith's THE LONELY VILLA and other movies of that sort, such as THE GIRLS AND DADDY, THE LONEDALE OPERATOR and many others, as the heroine, thinking that burglars are trying to break into her home phones her husband at the office, who rushes home.... well, who tries to rush home in his chauffeur-driven automobile.
A film in three parts: a man talking while a telephone rings, a walking tour of New York, and a goldfish swimming.
Uses time-lapse photography to show the physical power of plants in their efforts to receive sunlight and fulfill their growth.
Shot at 2,000 frames per second, this short shows a man exhaling smoke in incredibly slow motion.
In this homage to Zen poet Basho, the subtle changes of a pond are chronicled on film over a period of time. Broughton recites his cuckoo haikus in the background.
A wall blocks the path of two people. One man submits, while the other refuses to admit defeat.
