Michael Snow Movies

  • 1967
    Wavelength

    Wavelength

    Wavelength

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    Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this...

    Wavelength
  • 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
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

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    Michael Snow narrates a series of Hollis Frampton's photographs (speaking as Frampton, in the first person)—as each picture catches fire on a...

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia
  • 1971
    La Région Centrale

    La Région Centrale

    La Région Centrale

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    A 1971 experimental Canadian film directed by Michael Snow. Shot in the Canadian mountains over a period of 24 hours using a robotic arm.

    La Région Centrale
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 1974
    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen

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    Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

    ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
  • 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
  • 2016
    Portrait of Snow

    Portrait of Snow

    Portrait of Snow

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    A serendipitous encounter with a younger artist gives legendary Canadian art icon Michael Snow the opportunity to reflect on his life and career.

    Portrait of Snow
  • 1969
    Seminar

    Seminar

    Seminar

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    An unreleased diary film shot during the Fairleigh-Dickinson Artist Seminar simultaneous to the production of Back and Forth by Michael Snow.

    Seminar
  • 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

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    Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
  • 1963
    Toronto Jazz

    Toronto Jazz

    Toronto Jazz

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    Toronto is regarded as the third largest jazz centre in North America. This film features a cross-section of jazz bands of that city: the Lenny Breau...

    Toronto Jazz
  • 2002
    *Corpus Callosum

    *Corpus Callosum

    *Corpus Callosum

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    A surreal and comic exploration of an office space and its inhabitants and the decorations of a living room.

    *Corpus Callosum
  • 1964
    Little Walk

    Little Walk

    Little Walk

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    Little Walk (1964) is Michael Snow’s first gallery film installation. It arrives as a diplomatic envoy from New York’s art and film...

    Little Walk
  • 1982
    So Is This

    So Is This

    So Is This

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    English and French words flash individually over a black background.

    So Is This
  • 1985
    Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World

    Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World

    Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World

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    Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World belongs to a 35-hour film cycle, The Book of All the Dead, which comprises the bulk of Toronto-based Bruce...

    Lamentations: A Monument for the Dead World
  • 1972
    Dream Life

    Dream Life

    Dream Life

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    Two twenty-something women dream of the ideal man and slowly realize that reality is very different from their fantasies.

    Dream Life
  • 1987
    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

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    This is an interesting little documentary about the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, which was apparently one of the global hotbeds of...

    I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art
  • 1966
    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

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    In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary...

    Manual of Arms
  • 1969
    Back and Forth

    Back and Forth

    Back and Forth

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    A camera moves back and forth at an increasing pace. Back and forth, back and forth...

    Back and Forth
  • 1970
    The Stone Age

    The Stone Age

    The Stone Age

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    "The question is, it is either going to be a stoned age or a new Stone Age" - Louis Brigante

    The Stone Age