Abstract Movies

  • 1968
    Head

    Head

    Head

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    In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and...

    Head
  • 2017
    Tremble All You Want

    Tremble All You Want

    Tremble All You Want

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    Yoshika has had a crush on Ichimiya, whom she calls "the One" since she was in middle school. Now, a 24-year-old salarywoman, her all-consuming...

    Tremble All You Want
  • 1965
    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

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    Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively...

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

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    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 1981
    Son of the White Mare

    Son of the White Mare

    Son of the White Mare

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    A horse goddess gives birth to three powerful brothers who set out into the Underworld to save three princesses from three evil dragons and reclaim...

    Son of the White Mare
  • 1962
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

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    A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...

    Prelude: Dog Star Man
  • 1995
    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

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    The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The...

    Casa de Lava
  • 2010
    Deluge

    Deluge

    Deluge

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    Deluge is a 2010 post-apocalyptic short film directed by Australian musician Lulu Collard.

    Deluge
  • 2019
    The Goal Is To Live

    The Goal Is To Live

    The Goal Is To Live

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    The Goal Is To Live is an infinitely-looping assemblage constructed out of repurposed content from the popular show How It’s Made, which...

    The Goal Is To Live
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

    7.71961HD

    This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the...

    Drums West
  • 2023
    Mohammad Saadh

    Mohammad Saadh

    Mohammad Saadh

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    An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named...

    Mohammad Saadh
  • 1953
    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    Things to Come

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    A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Things to Come
  • 2022
    Sunfall

    Sunfall

    Sunfall

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    A girl sitting on an autumn leaf-filled sidewalk communicates with a mysterious figure across the street.

    Sunfall
  • 2008
    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

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    Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by...

    Drux Flux
  • 1965
    Early Abstractions

    Early Abstractions

    Early Abstractions

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    Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and...

    Early Abstractions
  • 2015
    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    Marking Time

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    "3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice

    Marking Time
  • 2024
    A Day In LC

    A Day In LC

    A Day In LC

    02024HD

    A person living in Liberty City goes to work, have some food & gets back home.

    A Day In LC
  • 2024
    the last day i can no longer remember.

    the last day i can no longer remember.

    the last day i can no longer remember.

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    An abstract, experimental, personal reappraisal of experiences and crises - the project was the result of an experiment.

    the last day i can no longer remember.
  • 2023
    Pyre

    Pyre

    Pyre

    02023HD

    Exploring helplessness, Pyre is an experimental short film which personifies death as a ghoul in a dress, drawing closer and closer until striking.

    Pyre
  • 1970
    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    Close-Up: an oddyssey

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    Bored with her mundane life, aspiring writer Lucy Simon embarks on a psychedelic road trip to the planet Mars with her brash, unnamed drug dealer...

    Close-Up: an oddyssey