Jerome Hill Movies

  • 2013
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 1964
    Open the Door and See all the People

    Open the Door and See all the People

    Open the Door and See all the People

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    Based on Jerome Hill's unpublished novel, Peacock Feathers, this ensemble piece focuses on the relationship between two aging sisters.

    Open the Door and See all the People
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1957
    Albert Schweitzer

    Albert Schweitzer

    Albert Schweitzer

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    This biographical docudrama traces the life of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, from his birth in Alsace, up to the age of 30 when he made the decision to go...

    Albert Schweitzer
  • 1963
    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

    Hallelujah the Hills

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    Jack and Leo vie for the affections of Vera – who appears a little differently to each man – over the course of a series of energetic...

    Hallelujah the Hills
  • 1966
    Death in the Forenoon

    Death in the Forenoon

    Death in the Forenoon

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    Footage of a bullfight, shot by Hill in 1934, hand-painted by the artist three decades later.

    Death in the Forenoon
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1968
    The Canaries

    The Canaries

    The Canaries

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    Live-action footage of canaries and beachgoers overlaid with hand-painted effects.

    The Canaries
  • 1932
    La cartomancienne

    La cartomancienne

    La cartomancienne

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    In a European seaside village, a maiden takes clean sheets down from the clothesline. Carrying her basket of linens home, she stops to consult a...

    La cartomancienne
  • 1991
    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum

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    In 1950 Jerome Hill went to Zurich with the intention of making a film about Dr. Carl G. Jung. The project was abandoned when Hill decided that Jung...

    Carl G. Jung by Jerome Hill or Lapis Philosophorum
  • 1972
    Film Portrait

    Film Portrait

    Film Portrait

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    The life of Jerome Hill corresponded with the first formative decades of cinema and a greater part of the 20th century. Through fragments of...

    Film Portrait
  • 1927
    Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

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    The first student film made at Yale, and one of the earliest student feature films ever made, this adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel was made in...

    Tom Jones
  • 1961
    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

    The Sand Castle

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    A little boy and his sister forced to spend a day at the beach build a sand castle, to the delight and interest of others. Rich black and white...

    The Sand Castle
  • 1950
    Grandma Moses

    Grandma Moses

    Grandma Moses

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    1950 short film portrait of the octogenarian folk artist. Nominated for an Oscar in the category "Best Short Subject, One-reel".

    Grandma Moses
  • 1965
    The Magic Umbrella

    The Magic Umbrella

    The Magic Umbrella

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    A magic umbrella saves a girl from a mysterious attacker. Filmed in 1927, tinted and hand-colored in the early 60s.

    The Magic Umbrella
  • 1978
    Notes for Jerome

    Notes for Jerome

    Notes for Jerome

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    During the summer of 1966 Jonas Mekas spent two months in Cassis, as a guest of Jerome Hill. Mekas visited him briefly again in 1967, with P. Adams...

    Notes for Jerome
  • 1938
    Ski Flight

    Ski Flight

    Ski Flight

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    Famous skier Otto Lang is featured in a short documentary filmed at Mt. Whitney and Mt. Baker, and premiered on 4 February 1938 at Radio City Music...

    Ski Flight
  • 1966
    European Diaries

    European Diaries

    European Diaries

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    “After seeing Taylor Mead’s diaries I can’t look around myself anymore. There is so much to see! So now I sit with my back to...

    European Diaries
  • 1969
    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

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    This film uses an experimental painting technique on documentary footage of the bustling New York streets during Christmastime: Mary, Joseph and the...

    Merry Christmas