Tom Chomont Movies

  • 2006
    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

    Mother's Day

    02006HD

    Short video by Tom Chomont, features Robert Beavers and his mother during the filming of Pitcher of Colored Light. Consists of sections titled Bathed...

    Mother's Day
  • 1998
    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

    Panic Bodies

    01998HD

    "Panic Bodies is a 70-minute, six-part exploration of the ways we experience the body's betrayals: disease, decline and death. The film is a panorama...

    Panic Bodies
  • 1966
    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    Galaxie

    01966HD

    In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H....

    Galaxie
  • 2002
    Tom

    Tom

    Tom

    82002HD

    Portrait of gay filmmaker and Parkinson's sufferer Tom Chomont.

    Tom
  • 1967
    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    Jabbok

    01967HD

    The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

    Jabbok
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1970
    Aria

    Aria

    Aria

    01970HD

    For R. B. and G. M. Filmed in Diesntis, Switzerland.

    Aria
  • 1970
    The Hidden Staircase

    The Hidden Staircase

    The Hidden Staircase

    01970HD

    Made in 1990. Short experimental film.

    The Hidden Staircase
  • 1965
    Flames

    Flames

    Flames

    01965HD

    Flames
  • 1969
    Ophelia

    Ophelia

    Ophelia

    51969HD

    A portrait inspired by reading about John Millais' painting Ophelia.

    Ophelia
  • 1979
    Minor Revisions

    Minor Revisions

    Minor Revisions

    01979HD

    "I intended to make a film about food and spiritual nourishment, but this was punctuated by two visits from a friend (upon entering the us army and...

    Minor Revisions
  • 1966
    Anthony

    Anthony

    Anthony

    01966HD

    "The first experimental films I saw were mostly trance films or reactions to trance films. [My] first films, like Anthony (1966), are rather like...

    Anthony
  • 2003
    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    Early Monthly Segments

    02003HD

    Filmed when Beavers was 18–19, this self-portrait depicts him and Gregory J. Markopoulos in their Swiss apartment. A diary of domestic life, it...

    Early Monthly Segments
  • 1970
    The Cat Music

    The Cat Music

    The Cat Music

    01970HD

    Made in 1997. Short experimental film.

    The Cat Music
  • 1969
    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

    01969HD

    The film frame sometimes seems to function as a rug-like rectangle into or onto which the lover steps. Filmed in Orselina, Switzerland after reading...

    A Persian Rug
  • 1969
    Oblivion

    Oblivion

    Oblivion

    21969HD

    “Approximately thirty images comprise Oblivion. Most obsessively repeat themselves. Although the images appear to be solarized, the film was...

    Oblivion
  • 1977
    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    01977HD

    "The Heavens"–Symmetrical chaos envelops a lone, topless man, whose symmetrical abstractions conjure up a psychadelic version of DaVinci's...

    The Heavens
  • 1968
    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life

    01968HD

    “I usually avoid the term ‘film poem,’ because it was overused in the ‘40s and ‘50s. But somehow it fits Phases of The...

    Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life
  • 1972
    Lijn II

    Lijn II

    Lijn II

    01972HD

    Lijn II is a tiny portrait of a friend made on a contact printer from scraps of a film that was lost

    Lijn II
  • 1970
    Head Shot

    Head Shot

    Head Shot

    01970HD

    Made in 1998. Short experimental film.

    Head Shot