A choreographed motion study for twinkling trinkets, beaming baubles, and glaring glimmers. A bow ballet ablaze (for bedazzled buoyant bijoux brought up to boil).
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.
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.
I love music of all kinds, therefore it's rare for one of my films to not have musical accompaniment. However, the majority of the time, the film comes first and after it's edited I search for a piece of music that fits the films length, rhythms, and tone. It is the opposite with this film, as it...
Sometime in the mid-70's, my good friend Bill McGowan had an idea for a film. He needed someone to film it, so I and my trusty super 8 camera took on the job. Shot on the streets of Boston early one morning. Music by 10cc. Check out those pants!
Threnody: a song of lamentation for the dead. Filmed over a period of two years in various old cemeteries in Thetford, Vermont, where I live, and surrounding towns. Music by Noveller ( Sarah Lipstate ).
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
My first use of superimposition and cut-out animation. Winner of a grand prize in the best experimental film category at the annual Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival held at Rutgers University
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.
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...
