Reel 3

USA 1968, 16mm, 40:00 min

realized by:

Robert Breer

notes:

Produced during 1962 and 1968.

available copies:

LUX:

available for rent

synopsis: LUX online catalogue 2005

HORSE OVER TEA KETTLE.
1962, Sound, Colour, 6 mins, 16mm.
An atom bomb movie, one of his small wonders. The simplicity of his means, the effectiveness of his imagery, his humour (Breer is the James Thurber of the screen) is that of a great artist.' - Jonas Mekas, Village Voice.

BREATHING
1963, Sound, Colour, 6 mins, 16mm.
'Breer's unpredictable lines flow forth naturally with an assurance and serenity which are the signs of an astonishing felicity of expression.' - Andre Labarthe, Cinema.'66.

PAT'S BIRTHDAY
1966, Sound, Colour, 5 mins, 16mm.
Abstract quasi-geometric study in interrupted continuity.- R.B.

HOMAGE TO JEAN TINGUELY'S HOMAGE TO NEW YORK
1968, Sound, B&W, 13 mins, 16mm.
A day in the country with Claus Oldenburg and the Ray Gun Theatre Players... includes such classic items as the haunted house, a gas station, ice cream stand, miniature golf, aeroplane noises, balloons. Things happen after each other in this film only because there isn't room for everything at once. After all, time is not supposed to move in one direction any more than it does in another. - R.B.

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