Tom Chomont Movies

  • 1966
    Anthony

    Anthony

    Anthony

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    "The first experimental films I saw were mostly trance films or reactions to trance films. [My] first films, like Anthony (1966), are rather like...

    Anthony
  • 1969
    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

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    The film frame sometimes seems to function as a rug-like rectangle into or onto which the lover steps. Filmed in Orselina, Switzerland after reading...

    A Persian Rug
  • 1970
    Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

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    Video Art by Tom Chomont

    Inner Sanctum
  • 1967
    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    Jabbok

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    The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

    Jabbok
  • 2006
    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

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    Short video by Tom Chomont, features Robert Beavers and his mother during the filming of Pitcher of Colored Light. Consists of sections titled Bathed...

    Mother's Day
  • 1977
    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    The Heavens

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    "The Heavens"–Symmetrical chaos envelops a lone, topless man, whose symmetrical abstractions conjure up a psychadelic version of DaVinci's...

    The Heavens
  • 1979
    Minor Revisions

    Minor Revisions

    Minor Revisions

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    "I intended to make a film about food and spiritual nourishment, but this was punctuated by two visits from a friend (upon entering the us army and...

    Minor Revisions
  • 1969
    The Cat Lady

    The Cat Lady

    The Cat Lady

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    “A portrait of Carla Liss, evoking the atmosphere of the old horror films we both loved.”

    The Cat Lady
  • 1965
    Night Blossoms

    Night Blossoms

    Night Blossoms

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    "I would say that the films of Mike Kuchar interest me very much. Also, some footage by a young film-maker in Boston, Tom Chomont, his footage...

    Night Blossoms
  • 1970
    A Faustian Knot

    A Faustian Knot

    A Faustian Knot

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    Made in 1994 with Clark Coleman. Short experimental film.

    A Faustian Knot
  • 1970
    Aria

    Aria

    Aria

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    For R. B. and G. M. Filmed in Diesntis, Switzerland.

    Aria
  • 1969
    Ophelia

    Ophelia

    Ophelia

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    A portrait inspired by reading about John Millais' painting Ophelia.

    Ophelia
  • 1970
    The Cat Music

    The Cat Music

    The Cat Music

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    Made in 1997. Short experimental film.

    The Cat Music
  • 1977
    Space Time Studies

    Space Time Studies

    Space Time Studies

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    "De eevwigheid duurt een oogwenk./ De ti jd duurt maar door." – A. Roland Holet. "This film is in several short sections. Most are set in a...

    Space Time Studies
  • 1971
    Love Objects

    Love Objects

    Love Objects

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    A portrait of polymorphous lovers that references the Medieval parable of Les Noces du Roi et Reine and the marriage of opposites... dichotomy...

    Love Objects
  • 1984
    Joe's Maison

    Joe's Maison

    Joe's Maison

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    The film began as a record of the painter Joseph Glin and his series of paintings inspired by "La Maison Des Mortes" by Guillaume Apollinaire. After...

    Joe's Maison
  • 1970
    Storm Warning

    Storm Warning

    Storm Warning

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    Third part of a trilogy.

    Storm Warning
  • 1975
    abda/Rebirth

    abda/Rebirth

    abda/Rebirth

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    With abda I was processing black and white film myself in buckets . . . I wanted to destroy my own image." – T.C. (An interview in Afterimage,...

    abda/Rebirth
  • 1994
    Aquarium

    Aquarium

    Aquarium

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    Short experimental film made in 1994.

    Aquarium
  • 1967
    Morpheus In Hell

    Morpheus In Hell

    Morpheus In Hell

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    "I, Prolugue, II, The Angel Morpheus/The Major Arcana, III, Jeu de la main. The title refers to (a) quote attributed to Stan Brakhage regarding the...

    Morpheus In Hell