Bill Brand Movies

  • 1974
    Cartoons: The Central Finger

    Cartoons: The Central Finger

    Cartoons: The Central Finger

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    The Central Finger (16mm, silent, 5 1/2 minutes, 1974).

    Cartoons: The Central Finger
  • 1974
    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

    101974HD

    Flickering flames viewed through air vents of a wood burning pot belly stove resemble the shutter of a film projector.

    Cartoons: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
  • 1972
    Sound Strip/Film Strip

    Sound Strip/Film Strip

    Sound Strip/Film Strip

    01972HD

    Sound Strip / Film Strip is Paul Sharits' first "Locational" work, made in collaboration with Bill Brand. The piece was commissioned for the 1972...

    Sound Strip/Film Strip
  • 1991
    Home Less Home

    Home Less Home

    Home Less Home

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    People who are homeless reveal homelessness from their own experiences dispelling common misconceptions and prejudices. Told as a personal journey,...

    Home Less Home
  • 1973
    Demolition of a Wall

    Demolition of a Wall

    Demolition of a Wall

    01973HD

    DEMOLITION OF A WALL takes six frames of the falling wall from the 1896 Lumiere film and reorders these six frames in all their permutations. With a...

    Demolition of a Wall
  • 1972
    Zip-Tone-Cat-Tune

    Zip-Tone-Cat-Tune

    Zip-Tone-Cat-Tune

    01972HD

    A simple home movie of a cat is reprocessed through a 'Zip-a-tone' dot pattern making a complex of layers. In combination with freeze frames,...

    Zip-Tone-Cat-Tune
  • 1971
    Always Open Never Closed

    Always Open Never Closed

    Always Open Never Closed

    01971HD

    A woman wakes up, gets dressed, makes breakfast and walks down the street. This daily ritual becomes extraordinary seen in a trance-like structure of...

    Always Open Never Closed