Robert Breer Movies

  • 1956
    Motion Pictures No. 1

    Motion Pictures No. 1

    Motion Pictures No. 1

    7.51956HD

    Experimental film, in which against a black field, constantly changing coloured strips of paper cross the screen, meet each other and deflect at...

    Motion Pictures No. 1
  • 1953
    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

    Form Phases IV

    6.81953HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases IV
  • 1969
    69

    69

    69

    5.21969HD

    Robert Breer animation from 1969. 16mm, color, silent, using spray paint & stencils.

    69
  • 1952
    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    Form Phases I

    6.51952HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases I
  • 1966
    66

    66

    66

    4.81966HD

    Abstract, quasi-geometric study in interrupted continuity.

    66
  • 1989
    A Frog on the Swing

    A Frog on the Swing

    A Frog on the Swing

    5.51989HD

    An animated fable centered around a backyard pond shown intermittently in live-action scenes.

    A Frog on the Swing
  • 1962
    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    Horse Over Tea Kettle

    6.51962HD

    A woman with an umbrella, a frog and other easily recognizable creatures and objects are moved and transformed within an intricate orchestration of...

    Horse Over Tea Kettle
  • 1977
    77

    77

    77

    71977HD

    A number of simple mechanical objects spiral out of a spray-paint nebula then implode into pure pattern and line.

    77
  • 1955
    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

    Image by Images II

    91955HD

    Image by Images II
  • 1959
    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)

    01959HD

    A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted by Breer. Alternate version.

    Eyewash (Alternate Version)
  • 1955
    Image by Images IV

    Image by Images IV

    Image by Images IV

    6.51955HD

    An endless loop of film composed entirely of disparate images. Through repetition, certain images isolate themselves from the flow reforming the...

    Image by Images IV
  • 1953
    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    Form Phases II

    61953HD

    Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet lyrical abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings. - Harvard Film...

    Form Phases II
  • 1953
    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    Form Phases III

    71953HD

    Different stages of paintings made with ink. The ink fuses, spreads.

    Form Phases III
  • 1972
    Gulls and Buoys

    Gulls and Buoys

    Gulls and Buoys

    6.11972HD

    An abstract view of a seacoast landscape, created by mixing original line drawings and rotoscoped imagery traced from live-action footage, presented...

    Gulls and Buoys
  • 1975
    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    Solstice and Solyanka

    01975HD

    Super 8 film. Observations of the Institute on Film, Video & Photography, Amherst, MA, summer 1975. Among the cast of characters, in order of...

    Solstice and Solyanka