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)
Looking for mushrooms
Bruce Conner, USA, 1967, 13 min
Music by Terry Riley
Expecting a nuclear disaster, Conner moved down to Mexico in 1962, where he spent his time looking for mushrooms with Timothy Leary. Later, Conner added footage of similar hunts in Frisco and in 1997 he decided to set it against a 1968 Terry Riley soundtrack. The result is a strange combination of typical ’60s psychedelic editing with what might appear to be a road movie interested in exotic landscapes. A classic of American avant film.
Towers Open Fire
Antony Balch & William S. Burroughs, UK, 1963, 9 min 35 sec
William S. Burroughs – The Cut-Up Films (1963-1972); Cinematography: Antony Balch; Screenplay: William S. Burroughs; Cast: Antony Balch, William S. Burroughs, David Jacobs, Bachoo Sen, Alexander Trocchi
Opus-1
Pierre Hébert, Canada, 1964, 4 min 43 sec
‘Bande sonore : Improvisation collective avec un groupe de camarades’