Two Pieces for the Precarious Life

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 more
The Box Theory (Ireko Riron)

The 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 more
Adjacent Yes, But Simultaneous?

Adjacent 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 more
Studies and Sketches in 8mm

Studies 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 more
Noli me tangere

Noli 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 more
Not a Case of Lateral Displacement

Not 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 more
Baroque Slippages

Baroque Slippages

“The soundtrack was Baroque harpsichord music composed by Georg Böhm.It was shown privately, and at the Film-Makers’ Cinematheque on Wooster...

See more
The Leopard Skin

The 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 more
Are Era

Are 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 more
A Stringent Prediction at the Early Hermaphroditic Stage

A 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 more
No Sir, Orison!

No 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 more
Excerpts from a Work in Progress (Undesirables)

Excerpts 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 more
What's Wrong with This Picture? 2

What'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 more
What's Wrong with This Picture? 1

What'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...

See more