Paint On Film Movies

  • 1940
    Swinging the Lambeth Walk

    Swinging the Lambeth Walk

    Swinging the Lambeth Walk

    6.11940HD

    Len Lye’s camera-less film animates “swing” versions of the popular Lambeth Walk—featuring Django Reinhardt on guitar and...

    Swinging the Lambeth Walk
  • 1983
    action situation

    action situation

    action situation

    01983HD

    "Leiberg embarks on a search for the interaction between painting and improvised music, tinkering with sound collages sets language and sounds...

    action situation
  • 2003
    Anomalies of the Unconscious

    Anomalies of the Unconscious

    Anomalies of the Unconscious

    02003HD

    "This is the second film of the Anomalies Cycle. It is a hand Painted and manipulated film. I also used the technique of bleaching and batiking of...

    Anomalies of the Unconscious
  • 1957
    All Souls Carnival

    All Souls Carnival

    All Souls Carnival

    4.51957HD

    Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked...

    All Souls Carnival
  • 2013
    Tigre

    Tigre

    Tigre

    02013HD

    Tigre is an experimental film with animation applied directly onto film.

    Tigre
  • 1960
    Lines: Vertical

    Lines: Vertical

    Lines: Vertical

    5.41960HD

    An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

    Lines: Vertical
  • 1960
    Allegro

    Allegro

    Allegro

    01960HD

    Handmade, direct animation film using rubber based masking material and colored dye. Rhthmic colored linear patterns of abstract grids move in...

    Allegro
  • 2016
    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

    02016HD

    A film about uncanny valleys and the space between. Painted 16mm film undergoes a monstrous transformation becoming neither analog nor digital.

    Trans/Figure/Ground
  • 2005
    Pan of the Landscape

    Pan of the Landscape

    Pan of the Landscape

    02005HD

    Christopher Becks’s Pan of the Landscape uses gorgeous Brakhage-like painting on film to un-Brakhage-like ends: spectacular skies combine with...

    Pan of the Landscape