Reel 1

USA 1957, 32:37 h

realized by:

Robert Breer

notes:

Produced during 1952 and 1957.

available copies:

LUX:

available for rent

synopsis: LUX online catalogue 2005

'Since 1952 ROBERT BREER has continued to produce a cinema of the highest quality, fusing the best of the earliest abstract cinema with the dynamics of the American Avant-garde film. The liveliness of his films has restored the root meaning to 'animation' at a time when most animated films invoke deadly tradition. For his unique contribution to the language of cinema in the exploration of the thresholds of rapid montage, for his pioneering work in the collage film, for his enrichment of the formal cinema with works that are visually, rhythmically, and intellectually exciting, enduring new and clear, this award is presented.' - Film Culture 56/7, 11th Independent Film Award.

FORM PHASES 1
1952, Silent, B&W & Hand Coloured, 2 mins, 16mm.
A simple evolution of abstract compositions, drawings image by image. - R.B.

FORM PHASES II
1952, Silent, Kodachrome., 7 mins, 16mm & 30 secs.
Construction and evolution of abstract compositions. Transparencies filmed image by image. - R.B.

IMAGE BY IMAGES
1959, Sound, B&W, 5/7mins, 16mm 30 secs.
Animation of simplified abstract forms with special emphasis on change of pace. - R.B.

RECREATION
1956/7, Sound, Kodachrome., 2 mins, 16mm.
Sound by Noel Burch. Continuous disparate images in one long suite with no apparent repetition. - R.B.

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