Ernie Gehr Movies
- 1981
Along Brighton Beach Avenue
Along Brighton Beach Avenue01981HD
The film is a half-hour series of brief close-ups of people on the street, shot from a high, but still intimate, angle. In a constant interplay of...
- 1991
Rear Window
Rear Window01991HD
"[A] view from a Brooklyn apartment sublimates Hitchcock's voyeurism into a frenzied engagement with the visible. The film varies exposure or racks...
- 2009
ABRACADABRA
ABRACADABRA02009HD
“Fun” to make and to watch, as well as satisfying to respond to, ABRACADABRA’s realization is a miracle of sorts. Contemporary and...
- 2015
In Slumberland (Thanks to Winsor McCay)
In Slumberland (Thanks to Winsor McCay)02015HD
This film accompanies Ernie Gehr: Mechanical Magic.
- 1992
Side/Walk/Shuttle
Side/Walk/Shuttle6.51992HD
In this infamous structural film, Ernie Gehr takes to the glass elevator attached to San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel and rides its 24 stories up and...
- 1970
History
History71970HD
Experimental film made without a lens.
- 2020
Through the Hoops of Time
Through the Hoops of Time02020HD
2020. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. Digital. 8 min.
- 2007
Water Spell
Water Spell72007HD
"Sandy Ding's WATER SPELL is a bold, abstract journey that takes us into the psychic interior of our very cellular structure... and back. For me,...
- 2014
A Commuter's Life (What a Life!)
A Commuter's Life (What a Life!)02014HD
A Commuter’s Life (What a Life!) gives sculptural dimension and kaleidoscopic novelty to footage shot by Gehr during his commutes from his...
- 1997
For Daniel
For Daniel01997HD
"Before my son was born, friends would ask me "Will you make a baby movie, now?". "Of course not!", I would answer. Yet, right after Daniel was born...
- 1969
Transparency
Transparency01969HD
An “action” movie in which the processes of recording and projecting moving images are the protagonists and the field of action is the...
- 1969
Reverberation
Reverberation01969HD
Reveberation detaches a few static shots of a posed portrait to expand them for twenty-three minutes.
- 2010
Thank You for Visiting
Thank You for Visiting02010HD
Images of a city, superimposed.
- 2006
The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)
The Morse Code Operator (or The Monkey Wrench)02006HD
"One of two new digital works in the all-Gehr program, Morse Code is not only clever; it's unexpectedly funny. Having now spent several years...
- 1968
Huge Pupils
Huge Pupils01968HD
In 1968, Noren finished Huge Pupils, a gorgeous, sensuous, sexually outrageous visual study of his daily life, and part I of an ongoing series he...
- 1970
Field
Field01970HD
Abstract short film.
- 2004
The Collector
The Collector02004HD
"What drives the collector? Textures. Colors. Dust. Phantasmagoric memories and associations. A scattering. The present. The passage of time. Sleep."...
- 2010
Picture Taking
Picture Taking02010HD
Picture Taking is focused on "verticality" and urban sightseeing as well as on some of the pictorial possibilities of the HD digital format.
- 2015
Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage02015HD
Avant-garde work by Ernie Gehr.
- 2002
City
City02002HD
City is grounded in the familiar everyday world of the street. Yet, the ground often gives way plastically, opening up a dense and paradoxical field...