Hollis Frampton Movies

Upward shot from the ground perspective of a silo.

“A portrait of the filmmaker, Paul Sharits, in particular response to energies he generated one May afternoon in 1971.” –Hollis...

A film of multiple superimpositions, utilizing the images of Solariumagelani (Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox, and Winter Solstice) (1974) overlaid...

“An exquisite homage to O’Keeffe’s ‘Radiator Building, Night’.” –Mark Webber

Otherwise known as Magellan's Toys #1. Hollis Frampton's "Noctiluca" was a film designed to be shown on the second day of the Magellan cycle, the...

"In the final format for MAGELLAN, Frampton had planned to disassemble these two films into twenty-four 'encounters with death' that were to be shown...

(Formerly titled "VERNAL EQUINOX," 5 minute excerpt of Part 1 on the Criterion disc) "...Frampton explores human movement in relation to the film...

A recording of a meeting in the studio where Jeffrey Schier and Woody show colleagues and teachers a new tool. Between 1976 and 1980, Woody and...

The understandable fascination with Frampton's intellect can blind one to the frequent down-home dimension of his imagery. Here, in a most rigorously...

"Filmed in large part during H.F.'s lecture-screening tour in the bay area: visit(s) to the Musee Mechanique, Land's End, the Cliff House. The San...

“For Black and White Film, Huot created his own photographic imagery for the first time. After a few moments of darkness, a young woman (Sheila...