Al Jarnow Movies

  • 1988
    Number Rap #17

    Number Rap #17

    Number Rap #17

    01988HD

    Kids rapping about the number 17.

    Number Rap #17
  • 1984
    Shell Life

    Shell Life

    Shell Life

    01984HD

    Shells create intricate patterns in this short stop-motion animation.

    Shell Life
  • 1987
    Computer Test

    Computer Test

    Computer Test

    01987HD

    Experimental computer imagery

    Computer Test
  • 1980
    Train

    Train

    Train

    51980HD

    A train struggles to stay on track.

    Train
  • 1980
    Bench

    Bench

    Bench

    01980HD

    A story about cooperation.

    Bench
  • 1980
    River

    River

    River

    01980HD

    Three rocks attempt to cross a river.

    River
  • 1979
    Cosmic Letter

    Cosmic Letter

    Cosmic Letter

    01979HD

    A companion piece to Cosmic Letter, also produced for 3-2-1 Contact. Jarnow begins at his address in Brooklyn and zooms outward to the farthest...

    Cosmic Letter
  • 1977
    Shorelines

    Shorelines

    Shorelines

    01977HD

    After a day of gathering hundreds of seashells and rocks from the beach, Jarnow uses the found objects to construct a stop motion commentary on how...

    Shorelines
  • 1976
    Autosong

    Autosong

    Autosong

    01976HD

    When Jill Jarnow won a blue Volkswagon in a design contest, and named the car Wart after the young king Arthur in T.H.White's The Sword and the Stone...

    Autosong
  • 1975
    Four Quadrant Exercise

    Four Quadrant Exercise

    Four Quadrant Exercise

    01975HD

    Intended to be an "animation machine," Four Quadrant Exercise finds Jarnow adapting a perspective system, enabling him to render complex motions...

    Four Quadrant Exercise
  • 1968
    The Owl & the Pussycat

    The Owl & the Pussycat

    The Owl & the Pussycat

    01968HD

    Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

    The Owl & the Pussycat