Two Pieces for the Precarious Life
“They were more or less subjective camera films.The camera was my eye, involved in simple daily sorts of activities. One part was colour and one...
See moreThe Box Theory (Ireko Riron)
In The Box Theory, Owen Land, the uncanny American structuralist, king of the absurd and a religious addict, recreates the image of the Indian girl...
See moreAdjacent Yes, But Simultaneous?
“Both sides are the same time (well,almost). It’s really simultaneous – practically. Except at the end a car burns and that is the same car we have...
See moreStudies and Sketches in 8mm
1963-65, colour, silent, 17 minutes 8mm original transferred to 16mm 16mm blow up made by Anthology Film Archives in 2001. Contains the films Are...
See moreNoli me tangere
“The idea behind it is: Feminists claim that men objectify women’s bodies. So this was a revenge or a punishment for men who did that during their...
See moreNot a Case of Lateral Displacement
“The sore – which is not static, but a series of exposures of a healing infection – is called Not a Case of Lateral Displacement. It is not a...
See moreBaroque Slippages
“The soundtrack was Baroque harpsichord music composed by Georg Böhm.It was shown privately, and at the Film-Makers’ Cinematheque on Wooster...
See moreThe Leopard Skin
“The Skin was never, alas, screened publicly. What it is is a leopard skin which is filmed so that something optically happens as the spots flash...
See moreAre Era
“Are Era was filmed off of television sets, of TV and news announcers, similar somewhat to Fleming Faloon.” (Owen Land, interviewed by Mark Webber,...
See moreA Stringent Prediction at the Early Hermaphroditic Stage
“That was a film about a person who had a mystical religious experience. The idea entitled is the early stage of foetal development, the point when...
See moreNo Sir, Orison!
After singing a vivacious song of love in the aisle of a supermarket, the performer kneels down to ask forgiveness for those involved in the...
See moreExcerpts from a Work in Progress (Undesirables)
A rough-cut of selected scenes, edited as a sampler to be used in fundraising towards completion of the film "Undesirables". “The idea started with...
See moreWhat's Wrong with This Picture? 2
As Landow and his students were testing a new video camera, an elderly man began to talk to them about new technology. This impromptu conversation...
See moreWhat's Wrong with This Picture? 1
A found, utilitarian object, the overtly moralizing educational film “How to be a Good Citizen,” is elevated to the status of ‘art’. First...
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