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THE ART OF FILMMAKING

Films for Filmmakers

There are some films which open your eyes and let you see in new and different ways. As a filmaker these films will shape your senses and direction.

Screenings

Saugus Series, 1974, Pat O'Neill, 18 min

Mothlight, 1963, Stan Brakhage, 4 min

Heart of Age, 1934, Orson Welles, 6 min

Sixty Nine (69), 1969, Robert Breer

Trade Tattoo, 1937, Len Lye, 5min

Particles in Space, 1979, Len Lye, 4 min

Free Radicals, 1979, Len Lye, 4 min

Lambeth Walk, 1939, Len Lye, 4 min

Lambeth w/ Nazi War Footage, 1939, Len Lye, 4 min

Land Without Bread, 1932, Luis Bunel, 28 min

Un Chien Andalou, 1929, Bunuel/Dali, 16 min

Surrealism of Melies, 1903, Georges Melies, 10 min

My Name is Oona, 1969, Gunvor Nelson, 10 min

Schmeerguntz, 1965, Dorothy Wiley/GN, 15 min

Our Lady of the Sphere, 1968, Larry Jordan, 10 min

Duo Concertantes, 1962, Larry Jordan, 9 min

Valentin De Las Sierras, 1968, Bruce Baille, 10 min

Window Water Baby Moving, 1959, Brakhage, 12 min

Lead Shoes, 1949, Sidney Peterson, 18 min

Serene Velocity, 1970, Ernie Gehr, 23 min

Mr. Hulot's Holiday, 1951, Jacques Tati, 96 min

Woman in the Dunes, 1964, Hiroshi Teshigahara 123m

Mass for the Dakota Sioux, 1964, Bruce Baille, 20 min

Castro Street, 1966, Bruce Baille, 20 min

White Rose, 1965, Bruce Conner, 7 min

Report, 1965, Bruce Conner, 13 min

Nosferatu, 1922, F.W. Murnau, 86 min

Critical Mass, 1971, Hollis Frampton, 25 min

The Bed, 1968, James Broughton, 20 min

Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943, Deren/Hammid, 18m

Once Upon A Time, 1960, Larry Jordan, 12 min

It's a Gift, 1934, Norman Z McLeod, 71 min

Orpheus, 1949, Jean Cocteau, 96 min

Invocation of My Demon Brother, 1969, Anger, 11m

Piece Mandala, 1966, Paul Sharits, 5 min

Very Eye of Night, 1959, Maya Deren, 15 min

Surface Tension, 1968, Holis Frampton, 23 min

Johnny Got His Gun, 1971, Dalton Trumvo, 109 min

Citizen Kane, 1941, Orson Welles, 119 min


Reading List
DAVID COOK
A History of Narrative Film

BRUCE KAWIN
How Movies Work


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