Movies
- 2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.42013HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation6.31997HD
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
- 1962
Heaven and Earth Magic
Heaven and Earth Magic5.71962HD
The first part depicts the heroine's toothache consequent to the loss of a very valuable watermelon, her dentistry and transportation to heaven. Next...
- 1980
No. 18: Mahagonny
No. 18: Mahagonny5.51980HD
Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...
- 2007
365 Day Project
365 Day Project02007HD
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...
- 1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Andy Warhol Screen Tests81965HD
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light,...
- 1947
No. 4: Fast Track
No. 4: Fast Track5.31947HD
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...
- 1965
Early Abstractions
Early Abstractions6.21965HD
Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and...
- 1939
No. 1: A Strange Dream
No. 1: A Strange Dream61939HD
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...
- 1947
No. 3: Interwoven
No. 3: Interwoven5.81947HD
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...
- 1964
Screen Test: Harry Smith
Screen Test: Harry Smith01964HD
Harry Smith’s screen test by Andy Warhol.
- 1970
Chelsea Hotel
Chelsea Hotel01970HD
A pilot for a documentary film capturing life at the Chelsea Hotel in the early 1970s. The film was never finished due to budget issues. 'A...
- 1954
No. 8
No. 801954HD
16 mm, black & white, silent, 5 min. Untraced collage. Later expanded to No. 12.
- 1956
No. 10
No. 105.81956HD
16 mm, color, 3:35 or 10 min. Study for No. 11. "An exposition of Buddhism and the Kaballah in the form of a collage. The final scene shows Agaric...
- 1967
No. 16: Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream
No. 16: Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream51967HD
The Tin Woodman, framed by light bulbs, does a little dance, leaps and retrieves his axe from outside the frame, chops down a tree that turns into...
- 1956
No. 11: Mirror Animations
No. 11: Mirror Animations5.81956HD
Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.
- 1965
Chinese Checkers
Chinese Checkers4.11965HD
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...
- 1962
No. 13: Oz
No. 13: Oz01962HD
Unfinished commercial adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which was shelved after Smith's close friend, the executive producer...
- 1949
No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)
No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)5.51949HD
Experimental short. 16 mm, color, silent, 2:30 or 6 min. Sequel to No. 4.
- 1947
No. 2: Message From the Sun
No. 2: Message From the Sun5.81947HD
Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, 2:15 or 10 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy Gillespie's...