Michael Snow Movies

Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this...

An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

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

A 1971 experimental Canadian film directed by Michael Snow. Shot in the Canadian mountains over a period of 24 hours using a robotic arm.

Toronto is regarded as the third largest jazz centre in North America. This film features a cross-section of jazz bands of that city: the Lenny Breau...

A surreal and comic exploration of an office space and its inhabitants and the decorations of a living room.

Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

Two twenty-something women dream of the ideal man and slowly realize that reality is very different from their fantasies.

Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World belongs to a 35-hour film cycle, The Book of All the Dead, which comprises the bulk of Toronto-based Bruce...

In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary...

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

Little Walk (1964) is Michael Snow’s first gallery film installation. It arrives as a diplomatic envoy from New York’s art and film...

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

A serendipitous encounter with a younger artist gives legendary Canadian art icon Michael Snow the opportunity to reflect on his life and career.

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

A shorter, significantly altered version of Wavelength (1967), where the original film is overlayed upon itself.

A cutout of a woman's silhouette is displayed in many locations while a free jazz soundtrack is heard. The jazz musicians later pose for the camera...

English and French words flash individually over a black background.