Owen Land Movies

1977
On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?
On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious, or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?
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“Freud established that jokes were structurally akin to dreams in their use of condensation, displacement, representation by opposites, punning...
1970
Remedial Reading Comprehension
Remedial Reading Comprehension
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Landow rejects the dream imagery of the historical trance film for the self-referential present, using macrobiotics, the language of advertising, and...
1966
The Evil Faerie
The Evil Faerie
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Following a series of title cards, a man in sunglasses briefly flutters his hands like fairy. Owen Land states that this film was not made by George...
1961
Faulty Pronoun Reference, Comparison and Punctuation of the Restrictive or Non-Restrictive Element
Faulty Pronoun Reference, Comparison and Punctuation of the Restrictive or Non-Restrictive Element
01961HD
“I made several films while still in high school, one of which was called Faulty Pronoun Reference, Comparison and Punctuation of the...
1984
The Box Theory (Ireko Riron)
The Box Theory (Ireko Riron)
01984HD
In The Box Theory, Owen Land, the uncanny American structuralist, king of the absurd and a religious addict, recreates the image of the Indian girl,...
1965
Studies and Sketches in 8mm
Studies and Sketches in 8mm
01965HD
1963-65, colour, silent, 17 minutes 8mm original transferred to 16mm 16mm blow up made by Anthology Film Archives in 2001. Contains the films Are...
1963
Richard Kraft at the Playboy Club
Richard Kraft at the Playboy Club
01963HD
“There is a TV screen superimposed over his face, his face being the screen and the screen being the image.The image of a TV screen can be an...
1964
Not a Case of Lateral Displacement
Not a Case of Lateral Displacement
01964HD
“The sore – which is not static, but a series of exposures of a healing infection – is called Not a Case of Lateral Displacement....
1961
A Stringent Prediction at the Early Hermaphroditic Stage
A Stringent Prediction at the Early Hermaphroditic Stage
01961HD
“That was a film about a person who had a mystical religious experience. The idea entitled is the early stage of foetal development, the point...
1961
Two Pieces for the Precarious Life
Two Pieces for the Precarious Life
01961HD
“They were more or less subjective camera films.The camera was my eye, involved in simple daily sorts of activities. One part was colour and...
1971
What's Wrong with This Picture? 1
What's Wrong with This Picture? 1
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A found, utilitarian object, the overtly moralizing educational film “How to be a Good Citizen,” is elevated to the status of...
1999
Excerpts from a Work in Progress (Undesirables)
Excerpts from a Work in Progress (Undesirables)
01999HD
A rough-cut of selected scenes, edited as a sampler to be used in fundraising towards completion of the film "Undesirables". “The idea started...
1975
Wide Angle Saxon
Wide Angle Saxon
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An interpretation of The Confessions of Saint Augustine featuring an ordinary middle-aged man who undergoes a conversion experience whilst watching...
1970
The Leopard Skin
The Leopard Skin
01970HD
“The Skin was never, alas, screened publicly. What it is is a leopard skin which is filmed so that something optically happens as the spots...
1975
No Sir, Orison!
No Sir, Orison!
01975HD
After singing a vivacious song of love in the aisle of a supermarket, the performer kneels down to ask forgiveness for those involved in the...
1963
Fleming Faloon Screening
Fleming Faloon Screening
01963HD
“Fleming Faloon Screening does not document filming of Fleming Faloon. It is only a screening, contrasting the movie images with the interior...