Hollis Frampton Movies

  • 1974
    Pan 1

    Pan 1

    Pan 1

    4.51974HD

    A pendulum swings by until it comes to a complete stop.

    Pan 1
  • 1974
    Pan 2

    Pan 2

    Pan 2

    4.71974HD

    Rain falls and reflects the light.

    Pan 2
  • 1974
    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    Pan 3

    5.11974HD

    A journey through a field of corn.

    Pan 3
  • 1966
    Process Red

    Process Red

    Process Red

    4.91966HD

    An experimental short film by Hollis Frampton of contrasting colours.

    Process Red
  • 1974
    Straits of Magellan:

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    Straits of Magellan: "Drafts and Fragments"

    71974HD

    A sampling of forty-nine fragments from Frampton's catalogue of 'actualities', the films from STRAITS OF MAGELLAN: "DRAFTS AND FRAGMENTS" are all...

    Straits of Magellan:
  • 1968
    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

    Maxwell's Demon

    4.61968HD

    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...

    Maxwell's Demon
  • 1972
    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control

    7.81972HD

    “A ‘baroque’ summary of film’s historic internal conflicts, chiefly those between narrative and metric/plastic montage; and...

    Hapax Legomena VI: Remote Control
  • 1969
    Artificial Light

    Artificial Light

    Artificial Light

    61969HD

    Artificial Light repeats variations on a single filmic utterance twenty times. The same phrase is a series of portrait shots of a group of young New...

    Artificial Light
  • 1974
    Pan 698

    Pan 698

    Pan 698

    4.11974HD

    The camera pans across a field of flowers at extreme speeds.

    Pan 698
  • 1974
    Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

    Winter Solstice

    5.11974HD

    Shot at a steel mill, Winter Solstice is full of outpourings of fire, of smoke, of sparks, of molten metal — all erupting against an otherwise...

    Winter Solstice
  • 1976
    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0

    4.81976HD

    A short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0
  • 1975
    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)

    01975HD

    Begins with landscape/sunset thru mist, ends with window sill.

    Short Films 1975: #3 (Hollis Frampton)
  • 1969
    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

    Inside Silo 11

    51969HD

    Upward shot from the ground perspective of a silo.

    Inside Silo 11
  • 1974
    Pan 699

    Pan 699

    Pan 699

    3.81974HD

    A little boy celebrates his frog catch.

    Pan 699
  • 1984
    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    A and B in Ontario

    5.91984HD

    Joyce Wieland: “Hollis and I came back to Toronto on holiday in the summer of '67. We were staying at a friend's house. We worked our way...

    A and B in Ontario
  • 1974
    Pan 4

    Pan 4

    Pan 4

    4.81974HD

    A series of papers flutter in the wind.

    Pan 4
  • 1977
    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I

    41977HD

    Hollis Frampton alludes to origins and creation as he cuts between a garden featuring a bride and groom and an 1902 film entitled "A Little Piece of...

    The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte

    5.51971HD

    “This film metaphors an entire human life: birth, sex, death – the framing device is the fingers and palm of the maker’s hand,...

    Hapax Legomena IV: Travelling Matte
  • 1972
    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)

    01972HD

    “A portrait of the filmmaker, Paul Sharits, in particular response to energies he generated one May afternoon in 1971.” –Hollis...

    Yellow Springs (Magellan: Vanishing Point #1)
  • 1974
    Pan 697

    Pan 697

    Pan 697

    3.81974HD

    A butchered cow is decapitated in this short film by Hollis Frampton.

    Pan 697