Michael Snow Movies

  • 1972
    Dream Life

    Dream Life

    Dream Life

    4.61972HD

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

    Dream Life
  • 1966
    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    Manual of Arms

    51966HD

    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
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)

    Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)

    Hapax Legomena I: (nostalgia)

    6.61971HD

    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)
  • 2016
    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    02016HD

    Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second...

    EXPRMNTL
  • 1968
    Unstrap Me

    Unstrap Me

    Unstrap Me

    71968HD

    Exhausted by a sexually frustrating home life in the Bronx, portly, 65-year-old Uncle Bojo tosses aside all responsibilities, leaves his wife,...

    Unstrap Me
  • 1964
    New York Eye and Ear Control

    New York Eye and Ear Control

    New York Eye and Ear Control

    6.81964HD

    A cutout of a woman's silhouette is displayed in many locations while a free jazz soundtrack is heard. The jazz musicians later pose for the camera...

    New York Eye and Ear Control
  • 1983
    Snow Business

    Snow Business

    Snow Business

    01983HD

    Interview and profile of experimental filmmaker Michael Snow from 1983. Includes extracts from 'Back and Forth', 'Wavelength', 'La Region Central',...

    Snow Business
  • 1996
    Michael Snow Up Close

    Michael Snow Up Close

    Michael Snow Up Close

    61996HD

    MICHAEL SNOW UP CLOSE was produced on the occasion of The Michael Snow Project, a major, career-spanning, multi-venue retrospective of the artist....

    Michael Snow Up Close
  • 2006
    Reverberlin

    Reverberlin

    Reverberlin

    02006HD

    Using concert footage of the free-improvisation ensemble he co-founded in 1974, Snow digitally weaves together images and sounds from performances...

    Reverberlin
  • 1968
    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    Snowblind

    4.81968HD

    "Homage to Michael Snow's environmental sculpture 'Blind.' The film proposes analogies, in imitation of three historic montage styles, for three...

    Snowblind
  • 2019
    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow

    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow

    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow

    02019HD

    This is the sound recording of the interview that Michael Snow, filmmaker, sculptor, photographer and visual artist, gave to Gérard Courant...

    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow
  • 1979
    Cinématon V

    Cinématon V

    Cinématon V

    01979HD

    Reel 5 of Gérard Courant's on-going Cinematon series.

    Cinématon V
  • 2002
    Solar Breath

    Solar Breath

    Solar Breath

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    Solar Breath (2002) is a 62-minute loop of fluttering curtains that reveal and conceal an idyllic landscape in rural Newfoundland.

    Solar Breath
  • 1971
    La Région Centrale

    La Région Centrale

    La Région Centrale

    7.11971HD

    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
  • 1982
    So Is This

    So Is This

    So Is This

    71982HD

    English and French words flash individually over a black background.

    So Is This
  • 1967
    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    01967HD

    "The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

    Bill's Hat
  • 1976
    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)

    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)

    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)

    4.61976HD

    A continuous zoom traverses the space of a breakfast table, serving as a grand metaphor for indigestion.

    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)
  • 2003
    WVLNT

    WVLNT

    WVLNT

    6.52003HD

    A shorter, significantly altered version of Wavelength (1967), where the original film is overlayed upon itself.

    WVLNT
  • 1969
    Back and Forth

    Back and Forth

    Back and Forth

    6.71969HD

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

    Back and Forth
  • 1968
    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    A Lecture

    01968HD

    This performance piece by filmmaker Hollis Frampton, recorded in 1968 in New York City, features the voice of artist Michael Snow. Frampton would...

    A Lecture