Early Abstractions (1946-57)
Short animations by HARRY SMITH

‘Harry Everett Smith (29 May 1923, Portland, Oregon – 27 November 1991, New York City) was an American archivist, ethnomusicologist, student of anthropology, record collector, experimental filmmaker, artist, bohemian and mystic. Smith is a well-known figure in several fields. People who know him as a filmmaker often do not know of his 1952 Anthology of American Folk Music, while folk music enthusiasts often do not know he was « the greatest living magician » according to Kenneth Anger’ – WIKI

1. Film Number 1 – A Strange Dream (ca. 1946-48) color; hand-painted 35mm stock photographed in 16mm; soundtrack: « Manteca » by the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra; 2:20 min.
2. Film Number 2 – Message from the Sun (ca. 1946-48) color; hand-painted 35mm stock photographed in 16mm; soundtrack unknown; 2:15 min.
3. Film Number 3 – Interwoven (ca. 1947-49) color; hand-painted 35mm photographed in 16mm; soundtrack: « Guarachi Guaro » by the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra; 3:20 min. (reportedly edited down from ca. 30:00 min.) (Part1
4. Film Number 4 – Fast Track (ca. 1949) color (shot of painting depicting the recording « Manteca » by the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra) and black & white (superimposition experiment); 16mm; silent; 2:16 min.
5. Film Number 5 – Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger) (ca. 1950) color; 16mm; silent; 2:30 min.
6. Film Number 7 – Color Study (ca. 1950-51) color; 16mm; silent; 5:25 min.
7. Film Number 10 – Mirror Animations (ca. 1957) color; 16mm; soundtrack unknown; 3:35 min.

Corpus Christi
Gérard Mordillat et Jérôme Prieur, France, 1997, 6×52 min

A partir de l‘exploration minutieuse du récit de la Passion dans l‘évangile selon Jean, GÉRARD MORDILLAT et JÉRÔME PRIEUR confrontent à nouveau les points de vue de vingt-sept des plus grands chercheurs internationaux venus de Jérusalem, de Strasbourg, de Tübingen, de Louvain, de Londres, Washington, Genève ou Paris… Corpus Christi permet ainsi de mesurer la distance spectaculaire entre ce que nous savons sur Jésus, ou ce que nous croyons savoir et ce que savent les historiens et les spécialistes du texte, les linguistes, les biblistes, les épigraphistes, qui, sans, relâche, analysent et questionnent les écrits fondateurs du christianisme.

Death
Kenneth Anger, USA, 2008, 42 sec

KENNETH ANGER’s 42 seconds short movie for the collective film OneDreamRush.

 
Brush Of Baphomet
Kenneth Anger, 2009, 4 min

Brush of Baphomet again concerns Angers guru, Aleister Crowley, covering in slow, patient camera movements art by, and about, the ‘Wickedest Man in the World’ compiled for a London exhibition in 1995… »

Szél (‘Wind’)
Marcell Iványi, Hungary, 1996, 6 min 40

Cannes Film Festival 1996 Best Short Film

In every photo there exists a point, a detail that attracts the eye. A particular detail, strange, and prominent. This detail takes on an emotional tone, it determines the spectator’s state of being in relation to the photo. This heightened emotion directs the spectators gaze in to the photo as well as outside the photo. …The film is based on Lucien Hervé’s photograph, « The Three Women ».

LUCIEN HERVÉ ‘Three Women’ (1951)