Michael Snow Movies

  • 1956
    A to Z

    A to Z

    A to Z

    4.51956HD

    A cross-hatched fantasy about nocturnal furniture love.

    A to Z
  • 2011
    Michael Snow Portrait

    Michael Snow Portrait

    Michael Snow Portrait

    02011HD

    Hand processed 35mm portrait of Michael Snow.

    Michael Snow Portrait
  • 2002
    Solar Breath

    Solar Breath

    Solar Breath

    32002HD

    Solar Breath (2002) is a 62-minute loop of fluttering curtains that reveal and conceal an idyllic landscape in rural Newfoundland.

    Solar Breath
  • 2019
    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow

    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow

    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow

    02019HD

    This is the sound recording of the interview that Michael Snow, filmmaker, sculptor, photographer and visual artist, gave to Gérard Courant...

    L’œil omnidirectionnel de Michael Snow
  • 1979
    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance

    81979HD

    Grand Opera marks a stock-taking of Benning's work and his life, presenting a personal and artistic autobiography woven together with a series of...

    Grand Opera: An Historical Romance
  • 1983
    Funnel Piano

    Funnel Piano

    Funnel Piano

    01983HD

    A rare film shot in Super 8 by Michael Snow in 1984 that is almost unseen: an exercise in improvisation in which Snow plays the piano with one hand...

    Funnel Piano
  • 1971
    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    6.4191971HD

    Michael Snow narrates a series of Hollis Frampton's photographs (speaking as Frampton, in the first person)—as each picture catches fire on a...

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia
  • 1989
    Cloister

    Cloister

    Cloister

    01989HD

    As the wheel turns, the religion of the body moves to and through the physical into the psychological. We see the feared, all is moved. There is a...

    Cloister
  • 1969
    Seminar

    Seminar

    Seminar

    01969HD

    An unreleased diary film shot during the Fairleigh-Dickinson Artist Seminar simultaneous to the production of Back and Forth by Michael Snow.

    Seminar
  • 2006
    Reverberlin

    Reverberlin

    Reverberlin

    02006HD

    Using concert footage of the free-improvisation ensemble he co-founded in 1974, Snow digitally weaves together images and sounds from performances...

    Reverberlin
  • 1974
    Two Sides to Every Story

    Two Sides to Every Story

    Two Sides to Every Story

    101974HD

    Two 16mm films are projected in a loop on a thin painted aluminum screen hanging in the middle of a room. We can hear the projectors at each end of...

    Two Sides to Every Story
  • 1982
    So Is This

    So Is This

    So Is This

    71982HD

    English and French words flash individually over a black background.

    So Is This
  • 1969
    Back and Forth

    Back and Forth

    Back and Forth

    6.21969HD

    A camera moves back and forth at an increasing pace. Back and forth, back and forth...

    Back and Forth
  • 2013
    Snow In Vienna

    Snow In Vienna

    Snow In Vienna

    02013HD

    World renowned artist and filmmaker Michael Snow continues to push the boundaries of yet another field, music. The avant-garde greats mastery of...

    Snow In Vienna
  • 1983
    Snow Business

    Snow Business

    Snow Business

    01983HD

    Interview and profile of experimental filmmaker Michael Snow from 1983. Includes extracts from 'Back and Forth', 'Wavelength', 'La Region Central',...

    Snow Business
  • 1970
    Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film

    Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film

    Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film

    01970HD

    Watch slides of Michael Snow's paintings from the worst seat in the house.

    Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film
  • 1967
    Standard Time

    Standard Time

    Standard Time

    5.51967HD

    Experimental short in which a camera pans quickly in a small apartment space; Disembodied voices speak of audience engagement.

    Standard Time
  • 1996
    Michael Snow Up Close

    Michael Snow Up Close

    Michael Snow Up Close

    61996HD

    MICHAEL SNOW UP CLOSE was produced on the occasion of The Michael Snow Project, a major, career-spanning, multi-venue retrospective of the artist....

    Michael Snow Up Close
  • 1976
    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)

    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)

    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)

    4.41976HD

    A continuous zoom traverses the space of a breakfast table, serving as a grand metaphor for indigestion.

    Breakfast (Table-Top Dolly)
  • 1990
    See You Later

    See You Later

    See You Later

    41990HD

    A man (Snow himself) rises from his desk, puts on his scarf and coat, says goodbye to a woman typing at a nearby desk, and leaves the room.

    See You Later