Paolo Gioli Movies
- 1991
Metamorphic
Metamorphic61991HD
It is well known that the disposition of the images drawn by Escher are neither for animation nor for pre-animation; actually, quite the opposite....
- 2013
Natura Obscura
Natura Obscura62013HD
A film made a single batch of 45 pin holes in a 50 cm hollow tube.
- 2008
Children
Children02008HD
"I have always been interested in the sequencing of images in books, where the possibility exists of imposing movement onto still images. Even this...
- 1979
The Perforated Cameraman
The Perforated Cameraman61979HD
In L’operatore perforato (1979) that plump sprocket hole comes into its own. It multiplies like a virus, riding serenely on the surface, nearly...
- 2009
Rectoinverso
Rectoinverso02009HD
Three persons wander on bridges and roads.
- 2007
Paolo Gioli: Free Films Made Freely
Paolo Gioli: Free Films Made Freely02007HD
Feature-length retrospective interview with Italian avant-garde filmmaker Paolo Gioli.
- 1986
Filmfinish
Filmfinish51986HD
This film was constructed using the so-called “photo-finish” technique employed in sporting events. The same principle was applied,...
- 2008
Frameline
Frameline02008HD
Made from fragments of a found porno film, where the frameline, which divides the images, becomes a mysterious plastic form, struggling in the center...
- 2008
Rothkofilm
Rothkofilm02008HD
This is not a short documentary on Rothko, but rather my reflection on his canvasses, that become so deeply assimilated with the screen, frames of...
- 2014
Land's Red
Land's Red02014HD
Paolo Gioli's cinematic verification of Edwin H. Land's experiment in color perception.
- 2012
When Bodies Touch
When Bodies Touch02012HD
A reflection on the material, on the filmic support. Strips of figures wander, fluxuate in the whirling kinetic rhythms imposed on them. These faces,...
- 2009
I volti dell’Anonimo
I volti dell’Anonimo02009HD
"Faces and figures found on reels of film by an unknown artist from the first few years of the 20th century. I fed the images through what was...
- 2009
Extremotions
Extremotions02009HD
A film completely excavated by rephotographing rolls of 35mm negative containing images made with the photo-finish (slit scan) technique, the...
- 1969
Avant-Garde Prayer
Avant-Garde Prayer01969HD
An artist's self-portrait problematizing the choice between tradition and the avant-garde, between being free or being disciplined.
- 1972
A come Alice
A come Alice01972HD
- 1974
When the Film Gets Hot
When the Film Gets Hot01974HD
A film eroticized by prolonged baths in silver salts. Complete exposure of reclining bodies and their lascivious perambulations. Licentious...
- 1995
Face Caught in the Dark
Face Caught in the Dark01995HD
From old plates of an anonymous photographer who worked in the 50s, I extracted this impossible film (plates that had contributed to the composition...
- 1993
Flutter
Flutter01993HD
Cinematic flicker: flicker is introduced into the flutter of butterflies shot from small books. My intention was, here as elsewhere, to animate what...
- 1978
The Screen, Just the Screen
The Screen, Just the Screen01978HD
I have a fixed idea about the screen that while it has no depth, we know that it is sprayed by 24 frames a second at the same point for an infinite...
- 1970
Real Image / Virtual Image
Real Image / Virtual Image01970HD
A film that has chosen as its protagonist its own negative and will remain committed to that choice until the very end. More precisely, nearly...