Inventor Crazybrains
The objects found inside the house seemed of little historical importance - two diaries. But taken together, they form a fantastical little story… and so a filmmaker finds herself caught between fiction and memory, believing in impossibilities.
Director
A summing up of the spontaneous Super 8 filmmaking I have done over the past decade exploring nature, home, and friends using improvised distorting lenses, macro photography, and pixillation. I imagine that it would fit the film scholar P. Adams Sitney's definition of a " Quotidian Lyric". Music by 2 of my favorite percussion ensembles : Ensemble et. al. and TIGUE.
Immanuel Kant
Two men materialized on the empty street...
Director
"Everything is water if you look long enough" —Robert Creeley
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A choreographed motion study for twinkling trinkets, beaming baubles, and glaring glimmers. A bow ballet ablaze (for bedazzled buoyant bijoux brought up to boil).
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A study of light and shadow shot on Tri-X super 8 black and white film. Music by the composer Peter Garland.
" It is in the shadows that momentous encounters take place " - Alfred Fabre-Luce
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An unexpected encounter in the wood. Based upon a short story from Algeron Blackwood.
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Shot on Super 8 film. Edited in camera.
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A spectral love story shot on Super 8 film. Dedicated to the great photographer and haunter of ruins Clarence John Lauglin
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# 2 in a series of personal short super 8 films called " The Quotidian Lyrics ".
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The image of the sleeping Buddha historically represents the Buddha dying or entering Nirvana. Or he may be dreaming of lives past and of death and what lies beyond. Music by Henry Kaiser and Kaki King.
. Special thanks to Jodie Mack and Marlis Dunn.
Director of Photography
A super 8 film conceived and shot by my friend Franklin Johnson around 1975 with additional footage shot by me. Features our longtime friend Marlis Spauchus ( Dunn ). Music by Terry Riley.