Tom Chomont Movies

  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2002
    Tom

    Tom

    Tom

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    Portrait of gay filmmaker and Parkinson's sufferer Tom Chomont.

    Tom
  • 1969
    Oblivion

    Oblivion

    Oblivion

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    “Approximately thirty images comprise Oblivion. Most obsessively repeat themselves. Although the images appear to be solarized, the film was...

    Oblivion
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

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    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 1968
    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

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    “I usually avoid the term ‘film poem,’ because it was overused in the ‘40s and ‘50s. But somehow it fits Phases of The...

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life
  • 2003
    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

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    Early Monthly Segments, filmed when Beavers was 18 and 19 years old, now forms the opening to his film cycle, "My Hand Outstretched to the Winged...

    Early Monthly Segments
  • 1998
    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

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    "Panic Bodies is a 70-minute, six-part exploration of the ways we experience the body's betrayals: disease, decline and death. The film is a panorama...

    Panic Bodies
  • 1967
    Spiracle

    Spiracle

    Spiracle

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    Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.

    Spiracle
  • 1970
    Portret

    Portret

    Portret

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    A portrait of Eric de Kuyper.

    Portret
  • 1970
    Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

    Inner Sanctum

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    Video Art by Tom Chomont

    Inner Sanctum
  • 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
  • 1967
    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    Jabbok

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

    Jabbok
  • 1978
    Earth

    Earth

    Earth

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    Flashing lights illuminate black faces and dark eyes, oscillating between darkness and inverted lightness.

    Earth
  • 1970
    Wizard of Light

    Wizard of Light

    Wizard of Light

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    First part of a trilogy.

    Wizard of Light
  • 1994
    Aquarium

    Aquarium

    Aquarium

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    Short experimental film made in 1994.

    Aquarium
  • 1984
    Razor Head

    Razor Head

    Razor Head

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    One man shaves another in this highly charged erotic performance.

    Razor Head
  • 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
  • 1972
    Lijn II

    Lijn II

    Lijn II

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    Lijn II is a tiny portrait of a friend made on a contact printer from scraps of a film that was lost

    Lijn II
  • 1970
    Aria

    Aria

    Aria

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

    Aria
  • 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