William Basinski Movies
- 2021
Faya Dayi
Faya Dayi7.82021HD
A spiritual journey into the highlands of Harar, immersed in the rituals of khat, a leaf Sufi Muslims chewed for centuries for religious meditations...
- 2019
Other Music
Other Music6.72019HD
A documentary highlighting the 20 year history of influential indie record store Other Music in Manhattan's East Village.
- 2021
Disintegration Loops
Disintegration Loops02021HD
As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 looms near, William Basinski contemplates the enduring legacy of 'The Disintegration Loops' (his elegy to the 2001...
- 2004
Disintegration Loop 1.1
Disintegration Loop 1.18.52004HD
Disintegration Loop 1.1 consists of one static shot of lower Manhattan billowing smoke during the last hour of daylight on September 11th, 2001, set...
- 2003
Melancholia
Melancholia02003HD
A short film by James Elaine and William Basinski.
- 2017
Midwinter Hue
Midwinter Hue02017HD
A man steadily bashes through the snow. He disappears and the trees, covered in white, shift and show a beautiful array of hidden colors. A poetic,...
- 2014
Disintegration Loops (dlp 5)
Disintegration Loops (dlp 5)02014HD
Disintegration Loops (dlp 5) consists of one static shot, which transmutes in an emotional odyssey.
- 2021
Calabasas 1/26/20
Calabasas 1/26/2002021HD
A dense fog in the San Fernando Valley cancels a meeting of UFO hunters and causes an unexpected tragedy in the nearby mountains.
- 1970
Later in the Clearing
Later in the Clearing01970HD
In a small Hungarian town painter Péter Molnár leads filmmaker Márton Tarkövi on a journey through meadows, clearings and...
- 2022
Iceland Celeste
Iceland Celeste02022HD
Why have an ugly black mirror in your living room when you could have an ambient winter wonderland this holiday season? Put it on repeat and enjoy...
- 2015
Cascade (The Deluge)
Cascade (The Deluge)02015HD
A short animated film by William Basinski and James Elaine.
- 2013
Disintegration Loops (dlp 6)
Disintegration Loops (dlp 6)02013HD
The experience of listening to Disintegration Loops (dlp 6) "brings the trials of life and death into a sublime focus".
- 1970
A Red Score in Tile
A Red Score in Tile01970HD
Made up of piano, this shows Basinski's patented tape-loop technique perfectly and still stands as one of his most affecting pieces of music; still...
- 2006
Sync Up Element
Sync Up Element02006HD
'This is about the dreamlike images I saw while having epilepsy seizures, as they quite often happened in the past years.' (Stom Sogo)
- 2006
blueprints on a winter pond
blueprints on a winter pond02006HD
A short film by William Basinski & James Elaine.