Tom Chomont Movies

  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1970
    Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

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    Video Art by Tom Chomont

    Inner Sanctum
  • 1998
    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

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    "Panic Bodies is a 70-minute, six-part exploration of the ways we experience the body's betrayals: disease, decline and death. The film is a panorama...

    Panic Bodies
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

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    Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.

    Spiracle
  • 1969
    The Cat Lady

    The Cat Lady

    The Cat Lady

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    “A portrait of Carla Liss, evoking the atmosphere of the old horror films we both loved.”

    The Cat Lady
  • 1969
    Oblivion

    Oblivion

    Oblivion

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    “Approximately thirty images comprise Oblivion. Most obsessively repeat themselves. Although the images appear to be solarized, the film was...

    Oblivion
  • 2003
    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

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    Early Monthly Segments, filmed when Beavers was 18 and 19 years old, now forms the opening to his film cycle, "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged...

    Early Monthly Segments
  • 2002
    Tom

    Tom

    Tom

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    Portrait of gay filmmaker and Parkinson's sufferer Tom Chomont.

    Tom
  • 1970
    The Hidden Staircase

    The Hidden Staircase

    The Hidden Staircase

    01970HD

    Made in 1990. Short experimental film.

    The Hidden Staircase
  • 1969
    Gloria in the Glass

    Gloria in the Glass

    Gloria in the Glass

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    1 minute, color, silent 16mm

    Gloria in the Glass
  • 1968
    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

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    “I usually avoid the term ‘film poem,’ because it was overused in the ‘40s and ‘50s. But somehow it fits Phases of The...

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life
  • 1994
    Spider Jan.16.91

    Spider Jan.16.91

    Spider Jan.16.91

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    Short experimental film made in 1994.

    Spider Jan.16.91
  • 1969
    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

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    The film frame sometimes seems to function as a rug-like rectangle into or onto which the lover steps. Filmed in Orselina, Switzerland after reading...

    A Persian Rug
  • 1970
    Aria

    Aria

    Aria

    01970HD

    For R. B. and G. M. Filmed in Diesntis, Switzerland.

    Aria
  • 1966
    Anthony

    Anthony

    Anthony

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    "The first experimental films I saw were mostly trance films or reactions to trance films. [My] first films, like Anthony (1966), are rather like...

    Anthony
  • 1968
    Epilog/Siam

    Epilog/Siam

    Epilog/Siam

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    Two portraits paired, one warm, one cold.

    Epilog/Siam
  • 1969
    Ophelia

    Ophelia

    Ophelia

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    A portrait inspired by reading about John Millais' painting Ophelia.

    Ophelia
  • 1970
    Wizard of Light

    Wizard of Light

    Wizard of Light

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    First part of a trilogy.

    Wizard of Light
  • 1970
    Penguin Pool

    Penguin Pool

    Penguin Pool

    01970HD

    Echoes in time of a lost moment.

    Penguin Pool