Ed Emshwiller Movies

  • 1980
    The Lathe of Heaven

    The Lathe of Heaven

    The Lathe of Heaven

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    George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist,...

    The Lathe of Heaven
  • 1970
    Carol

    Carol

    Carol

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    Ed Emshwiller’s tender portrait of his wife, avant-garde science fiction writer Carol Emshwiller.

    Carol
  • 1963
    Thanatopsis

    Thanatopsis

    Thanatopsis

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    Power saws and a heartbeat score this experimental light-and-color shot by Ed Emshwiller.

    Thanatopsis
  • 1963
    Totem

    Totem

    Totem

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    A filmic interpretation of a modern dance ballet by Alvin Nikolais. Earth, fire, water and primordial mysteries in a cine-dance.

    Totem
  • 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

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    Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the...

    Lost, Lost, Lost
  • 1969
    Image, Flesh and Voice

    Image, Flesh and Voice

    Image, Flesh and Voice

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    This independent underground feature films two dancers (Carolyn Carlson and Emery Hermans) in silhouettes and shadows. Other couples discuss their...

    Image, Flesh and Voice
  • 1962
    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

    The Streets of Greenwood

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    THE STREETS OF GREENWOOD (1962), looks at voter registration efforts by the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)and a concert in a...

    The Streets of Greenwood
  • 1966
    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

    Oysters Are in Season

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    Oysters Are in Season feautures the improvised humor of Swede Sorenson, Dean Preece and Molly Parkin as they play out sharply satiric situations....

    Oysters Are in Season
  • 1973
    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces

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    A collaboration between Ed Emshwiller and Anthony Bannon funded by a New York State Council on the Arts grant.

    Positive Negative Electronic Faces
  • 1977
    Sur Faces

    Sur Faces

    Sur Faces

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    Emshwiller writes that Sur Faces is a "stylized collaborative videotape in which actors working with (the artist) explore sexual politics as...

    Sur Faces
  • 1959
    Transformation

    Transformation

    Transformation

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    The pointillist score accompanies changing line, form, and color to create an animated film painting, achieved through the exploration of spontaneous...

    Transformation
  • 1959
    Dance Chromatic

    Dance Chromatic

    Dance Chromatic

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    Integrating film and painting, "Dance Chromatic" reveals that the contradiction between the desire to convey the organic growth of form and...

    Dance Chromatic
  • 1960
    Lifelines

    Lifelines

    Lifelines

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    A combination of animated line drawings with live photography of a nude model. A play on the title (living lines, life model, procreation and hand...

    Lifelines
  • 1965
    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

    George Dumpson's Place

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    Employing experimental techniques, Emshwiller magically moved through a collection of objects and artifacts in order to capture the spirit of George...

    George Dumpson's Place
  • 1972
    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

    Woe Oh Ho No

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    A video film by Ed Emshwiller

    Woe Oh Ho No
  • 1978
    Dubs

    Dubs

    Dubs

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    Dubs is a somewhat abstract, experimental video without a clearly defined plot. It focusses mostly on the relationships between men and women and the...

    Dubs
  • 1956
    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

    The Thing from Back Issues

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    A film by Ed Emshwiller made with writers from the Original Milford Science Fiction Writers Conference. Silent film. Mid 1950s.

    The Thing from Back Issues
  • 1971
    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    Choice Chance Woman Dance

    Choice Chance Woman Dance

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    A subjective film song of awareness; woman alone, woman with child, woman as scientist, woman as artist, woman with woman, woman with man. Paradox...

    Choice Chance Woman Dance
  • 1958
    Big Vacation

    Big Vacation

    Big Vacation

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    The third film by Ed Emshwiller

    Big Vacation
  • 1975
    Inside Edges

    Inside Edges

    Inside Edges

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    A video work by Ed Emshwiller

    Inside Edges