Movies: Abstract

An abstract and detailed observation of a young life told through a series of observational montages. Part of the 'Technicolour' series of films from Lot 108 Productions....

In this silent short film, we follow three stories grappling with grief. As the characters within these stories take action and process their feelings, we see the intertwining nature of these peoples lives....

A man's car somehow becomes completely autonomous and takes the powerless driver, to a scrap yard, or a 'cemetery for cars', where several more vehicles are waiting to be crushed by powerful reducing machines, their passengers still inside....

An abstract and tense short exploring the inner and outer body via the use of various types of plants....

Frankie lies. Frankie remembers an unfortunate event from his past and how it spiralled into the state he’s in now, with a little help from an old friend....

Upset with where his life has gone, Torgo seeks to make some changes...

Black-and-white abstract animated short of light, shadows, and reflections by The Dodals (Karel Dodal (1900-1986) in collaboration with his wife, Irena Dodalová)....

An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath....

The weird hand creatures undergo different transformations in synchrony with the music....

"We follow Detective Rodriguez on a case that will take him to new and abstract places and feelings"...

In 1944 Lye moved to New York City, initially to direct for the documentary newsreel The March of Time. He settled in the West Village, where he mixed with artists who later became the Abstract Expressionists, encouraged New York’s emerging filmmaker...

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"3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice...

What happens when two hands touch? How close are they like? And how can proximity be measured, and even more so, in times of a pandemic and distancing? We think we touch things, that we can take other people by the hand, but physics tells us quite an...

An exploration of the relationship between sound and picture inspired by the two lights (twi-light) found inside film projectors....

Odds & Ends is a sly comment on the collage film and Beat culture. To discarded travel and advertising footage found at a local film laboratory, Belson Shimane added a mélange of animation—assemblages, cutouts, color fields, and line drawings—and fau...

A colourful "fountain performance"....

Man's rebellion against the world of the digits....

A study of water and fire....

Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked separately, preferring to see if the score and visual track would synchronise by chance. Lye also experimented ...