Hollis Frampton
Hollis Frampton is known for the broad and restless intelligence he brought to the films he made, beginning in the early '60s, until his death in 1984. In addition to being an important experimental filmmaker, he was also an accomplished photographer and writer, and in the 1970s made significant contributions to the emerging field of computer science. He is considered one of the pioneers of what has come to be termed structuralism, an influential style of experimental filmmaking that uses the basic elements of cinematic language to create works that investigate film form at the expense of traditional narrative content. Along with Michael Snow and Stan Brakhage, he is one of the major figures to emerge from the New York avant-garde film community of the 1960s.
Wavelength
as uncreditedWavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the...
Movie pageAs I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as SelfA compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American...
Movie pageA and B in Ontario
as uncreditedJoyce Wieland: “Hollis and I came back to Toronto on holiday in the summer of '67. We were...
Movie pageHe Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community...
Movie pageHome Movies 1971-81
as uncreditedHome movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
Movie pageFuntime at the Vasulkas
as uncreditedA recording of a meeting in the studio where Jeffrey Schier and Woody show colleagues and...
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