Lillian Schwartz Movies

  • 1971
    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    4.41971HD

    Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.

    Some of My Best Friends Are...
  • 2005
    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980

    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980

    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980

    02005HD

    Over two hours of rare performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video. Milton Babbit’s discussion of the difficulties of working...

    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980
  • 1971
    Olympiad

    Olympiad

    Olympiad

    5.21971HD

    Study in motion based on Muybridge’s photographs of man running.

    Olympiad
  • 1986
    Beyond Picasso

    Beyond Picasso

    Beyond Picasso

    01986HD

    Schwartz reordered and combined angular contours, broken planes, and distorted proportions in her own pictorial structures in an homage to Picasso's...

    Beyond Picasso
  • 1971
    UFOs

    UFOs

    UFOs

    5.41971HD

    Blasting off into cosmic visual abstraction, pioneering computer artist Lillian Schwartz’s UFOs is a kinetic tour-de-force whose innovative...

    UFOs
  • 1970
    Pixillation

    Pixillation

    Pixillation

    6.21970HD

    Pixillation features computer generated abstract animations set to Moog-synthesized sound.

    Pixillation
  • 1978
    Poet of His People

    Poet of His People

    Poet of His People

    01978HD

    Pablo Neruda’s life unfolds and becomes the basis for the symbolic representation of his poem “Barcarola”, intermixing live action,...

    Poet of His People
  • 1972
    Googolplex

    Googolplex

    Googolplex

    4.51972HD

    Extended editing techniques based on Land’s experiments affect the viewer’s sensory perceptions.

    Googolplex
  • 1976
    The Artist and the Computer

    The Artist and the Computer

    The Artist and the Computer

    4.81976HD

    Pioneering artist Lillian Schwartz demonstrates the human input -- integrity, artistic sensibilities, and aesthetics -- that goes into producing...

    The Artist and the Computer
  • 2017
    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    62017HD

    A tortuous journey, in the company of the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, around the figure of the enigmatic and visionary French poet Raymond...

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
  • 1977
    Bagatelles

    Bagatelles

    Bagatelles

    31977HD

    Abstract images of frame-by-frame animation with subtle growing effects of crystals are enhanced by polarized colors.

    Bagatelles
  • 1972
    Affinities

    Affinities

    Affinities

    01972HD

    A ballet of squares and octagons in many forms, exhibiting a variety of geometric and sometimes sensuous interactions.

    Affinities
  • 1977
    L'oiseau

    L'oiseau

    L'oiseau

    31977HD

    A single bird in flight is transformed, enhanced and interpreted so as to present a unique visual experience. From its original inception in a 128...

    L'oiseau
  • 1973
    Papillons

    Papillons

    Papillons

    21973HD

    Mathematical functions are the basis for a science film on contour plots and an art film. Both are shown simultaneously at a two screen production...

    Papillons
  • 1974
    Galaxies

    Galaxies

    Galaxies

    31974HD

    Computer-simulated disk galaxies that are superimposed and twirl through space in beautiful colors at different speeds.

    Galaxies
  • 1976
    La Spiritata

    La Spiritata

    La Spiritata

    21976HD

    Music “Canzoni per sonar a quattro” by Giovanni Gabrieli, performed by Elizabeth Cohen, Max Mathews, and Gerard Schwarz. Images generated...

    La Spiritata
  • 1994
    Reflections

    Reflections

    Reflections

    01994HD

    A 4 minute film based on flowing changing images from liquid-like faces to flashing abstract imagery.

    Reflections
  • 1974
    Mayan

    Mayan

    Mayan

    21974HD

    This tape combines live-images filmed in the Yucatan with output from the Paik video-synthesizer ribboned with computer-generated images.

    Mayan
  • 1972
    Mutations

    Mutations

    Mutations

    4.51972HD

    “The changing dots, ectoplasmic shapes and electronic music of L. Schwartz’s ‘Mutations’ which has been shot with the aid of...

    Mutations
  • 1972
    Apotheosis

    Apotheosis

    Apotheosis

    4.51972HD

    “Apotheosis, which is developed from images made in the radiation treatment of human cancer, is the most beautiful and the most subtly textured...

    Apotheosis