Phases of The Moon

Phases of The Moon

16mm, color, silent, 3.5 min
Phases of The Moon: "I usually avoid the term "film poem", because it was overused in the '40's and '50's. But somehow it fits "Phases of The Moon", it is a film ...
Rental format: 16mm

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Phases of The Moon: "I usually avoid the term "film poem", because it was overused in the '40's and '50's. But somehow it fits "Phases of The Moon", it is a film poem and nothing else. A small, miniature film poem, a jewel, if the word masterpiece is too stuffy. "– Jonas Mekas, Village Voice, October, 1973 "Phases of The Moon" is a film of many powerful and striking moments, but it seems organized according to a system that remains–on my two viewings, anyway – obscure, as if one has been transported to some other planet, with different languages and is which the moon's phases followed rules incomprehensible to us". – Fred Camper, The Chicagoan, March, 1978

Programs

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    Mirrored Identities: The Self as Multiple

    A program of films examining the mutability of human identity through doubling, fracture, and dissolution

    Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Saturday, May 13th, 2023, at 7pm, for a fascinating program of films examining the mutability of human identity through doubling, fracture, and dissolution, curated by Julia Curl!

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    Special 16mm Program

    A program of FMC treasures curated by participants of the Poetics of Curation workshop

    On Sunday, September 12th, 2021, at 6pm, join us for a special evening of FMC treasures programmed by the participants of the "Poetics of Curation" workshop, lead by Devon Narine-Singh in July of 2021.

Films

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    DVD Program 6: Mother's Day, Bathed in Light, Going For a Ride, Mother Garden, Robert's Mother's Flowers, Time Taken, Brief Visit
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    DVD Program 6: Mother's Day, Bathed in Light, Going For a Ride, Mother Garden, Robert's Mother's Flowers, Time Taken, Brief Visit
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    color and b/w, silent and sound
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    DVD Program 5: Dog Diary 1, Dog Diary 2, Dog Diary 3, Real Dog, Real Dog 2
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    DVD Program 5: Dog Diary 1, Dog Diary 2, Dog Diary 3, Real Dog, Real Dog 2
    Tom Chomont

    color, sound
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    DVD Program 4: Dancing in the Street, Fluctuations
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    DVD Program 4: Dancing in the Street, Fluctuations
    Tom Chomont

    color, sound
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    DVD Program 3: Aquarium, The Cat Lady,  Faustian Knot, Jabbok tinted, Jabbok, Oblivion, Razorhead, Jabbok tinted, Sadistic Self-Portrait, Ring of Fire, Inner Sanctum, Scott's Studio
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    DVD Program 3: Aquarium, The Cat Lady, Faustian Knot, Jabbok tinted, Jabbok, Oblivion, Razorhead, Jabbok tinted, Sadistic Self-Portrait, Ring of Fire, Inner Sanctum, Scott's Studio
    Tom Chomont

    color and b/w, silent and sound
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    DVD Program 1
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    DVD Program 1
    Tom Chomont

    color and b/w, silent and sound, 50 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Body
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    • Personal / Diary / Journal
    • LGBT / Queer
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    Flames
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    Flames
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    16mm, color and b/w, sound on separate reel(s), 6 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    Night Blossoms
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    Night Blossoms
    Tom Chomont

    16mm, color, silent, 4.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    Anthony

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    16mm, color, silent, 10 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    Mona Lysa
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    Mona Lysa
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    16mm, color, silent, 3 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    Tom Chomont 16mm Compilation: Part II
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    Tom Chomont 16mm Compilation: Part II
    Tom Chomont

    color, silent, 13 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Body
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    Tom Chomont 16mm Compilation: Part I
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    Tom Chomont 16mm Compilation: Part I
    Tom Chomont

    color, silent and sound, 24 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
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    • Hand-Processed
    • LGBT / Queer
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    Epilog/Siam
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    Epilog/Siam
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    16mm, color, silent, 5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    VHS Prog. 1 (6 Films): Ophelia/Cat Lady (2 1/2 min, color, 1969), Phases of The Moon (5 min, color, silent, 1968), Oblivion (4 1/4 min, silent, 1969), Gloria In Grass, Persian Rug (color, silent, 1969)
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    VHS Prog. 1 (6 Films): Ophelia/Cat Lady (2 1/2 min, color, 1969), Phases of The Moon (5 min, color, silent, 1968), Oblivion (4 1/4 min, silent, 1969), Gloria In Grass, Persian Rug (color, silent, 1969)
    Tom Chomont

    video, color, sound, 18 min
    Rental format: VHS NTSC
    • Arts / Artists
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    Oblivion
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    Oblivion
    Tom Chomont

    16mm, color, silent, 4.25 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
    • Erotic
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    Ophelia/The Cat Lady
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    Ophelia/The Cat Lady
    Tom Chomont

    16mm, color, sound, 2.5 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Environment / Nature
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    Selected Shorts III Couples, Love Objects
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    Selected Shorts III Couples, Love Objects
    Tom Chomont

    video, color, sound, 27 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Arts / Artists
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    Love Objects
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    Love Objects
    Tom Chomont

    16mm, color, silent, 16 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Arts / Artists
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    Persian Rug, A/Portret/Aria/Lijn II
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    Persian Rug, A/Portret/Aria/Lijn II
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    16mm, color, silent, 7.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Biography / Autobiography
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    Re: Incarnation
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    Re: Incarnation
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    16mm, color, sound, 16 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    abda/Rebirth
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    abda/Rebirth
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    color and b/w, silent, 7.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Films About Film
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    Life Style/Untitled/"."
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    Life Style/Untitled/"."
    Tom Chomont

    16mm, color and b/w, silent, 6.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Space Time Studies
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    Space Time Studies
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    16mm, color, silent, 21 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Philosophical
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    Selected Shorts IV Endymion, Heavens, Earth, Joe's Maison
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    Selected Shorts IV Endymion, Heavens, Earth, Joe's Maison
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    video, color, silent, 23 min
    Rental format: VHS NTSC
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    The Heavens/Earth
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    16mm, color, silent, 6 min
    Rental format: 16mm
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    Minor Revisions
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    Minor Revisions
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    16mm, color, silent, 13.5 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Personal / Diary / Journal
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    Selected Shorts II Minor Revisions, Razor Head
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    Selected Shorts II Minor Revisions, Razor Head
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    video, color, sound, 18 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    DVD Program 2
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    DVD Program 2
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    color and b/w, silent and sound, 50 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    Razor Head
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    Rental format: 16mm
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    DVD Compilation: Tom Chomont #1 — Newly Restored Film/Videos (2011)
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    Rental format: DVD NTSC
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    DVD Compilation: Tom Chomont #2 — Newly Restored Film/Videos (2011)
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