Reel 2

USA 1964, 16mm, 26:00 min

realized by:

Robert Breer

notes:

Produced during 1954 and 1964.

available copies:

LUX:

available for rent

synopsis: LUX online catalogue 2005

UN MIRACLE
1954, Sound, Kodachrome, 16 fps, 1 min.
A collage film in which Pope Pious XII does a juggling act.- R.B.

RECREATION
1956/7, Sound, Kodachrome., 2 mins, 16mm.
A frame-by-frame-collision of totally disparate images -R.B. - (2 min. version selected for eight months run with Last Year at Marienbad premiere in NY.)

JAMESTOWN BALOOS
1957, Sound, B&W and Colour, 6 mins, 16mm.
Synthesis of all previous techniques. - R.B.

A MAN AND HIS DOG OUT FOR AIR
1958, Sound, B&W, 3 mins, 16mm.
Animated line drawings, mainly abstract accompanied by birds. - R.B. (Sound F .Breer) 'A brilliant and astonishing ballet animated with unprecedented virtuosity.' - Noel Birch, Film Quarterly. Selected for eight months' run with 'Last Year at Marienbad' premiere in NY.

BLAZES
1961, Sound, Colour, 3 mins, 16mm.
100 basic images switching positions for 4000 frames. A continuous explosion.- R.B.

FISTFIGHT
1964, Sound, Colour, 11 mins, 16mm
Frame by frame collage of everything imaginable. First shown in NY production of K. Stockhausen's Originale. Track from these performances. - R.B.

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