Owen Land Movies
- 1978
Diploteratology
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A revision of Bardo Follies, Diploteratology suggests that “death (destruction of the original image) is not an end but merely the next...
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- 1962
Are Era
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“Are Era was filmed off of television sets, of TV and news announcers, similar somewhat to Fleming Faloon.” (Owen Land, interviewed by...
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- 1999
Excerpts from a Work in Progress (Undesirables)
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A rough-cut of selected scenes, edited as a sampler to be used in fundraising towards completion of the film "Undesirables". “The idea started...
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- 1983
Noli me tangere
Noli me tangere01983HD
“The idea behind it is: Feminists claim that men objectify women’s bodies. So this was a revenge or a punishment for men who did that...
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- 1963
Fleming Faloon
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In his first 16mm film, Landow proposes that if we accept the reality offered to us by the illusion of depth on the flat plane of the screen, we can...
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- 1961
Two Pieces for the Precarious Life
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“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...
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- 1984
The Box Theory (Ireko Riron)
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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,...
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- 1969
Baroque Slippages
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“The soundtrack was Baroque harpsichord music composed by Georg Böhm.It was shown privately, and at the Film-Makers’ Cinematheque on...
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- 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...
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- 1970
The Leopard Skin
The Leopard Skin01970HD
“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...
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- 1965
Studies and Sketches in 8mm
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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...
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- 1963
Fleming Faloon Screening
Fleming Faloon Screening01963HD
“Fleming Faloon Screening does not document filming of Fleming Faloon. It is only a screening, contrasting the movie images with the interior...
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- 1967
Bardo Follies
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A shot of a Southern Belle waving to a group of tourists on a pleasure boat ride is looped, multiplied and then melted, creating psychedelic abstract...
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- 1966
Film in Which There Appear Edge Lettering, Sprocket Holes, Dirt Particles, Etc.
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Film in Which There Appear... is a six-minute loop of the double-printed image of a "China girl" or "Shirley card", her image off-center, making...
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- 1961
A Stringent Prediction at the Early Hermaphroditic Stage
A Stringent Prediction at the Early Hermaphroditic Stage01961HD
“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...
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- 1964
Not a Case of Lateral Displacement
Not a Case of Lateral Displacement01964HD
“The sore – which is not static, but a series of exposures of a healing infection – is called Not a Case of Lateral Displacement....
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