Harry Smith Filmes

  • 1950
    No. 6

    No. 6

    No. 6

    71950HD

    16 mm, color, silent or mono, 1:30 or 20 min. Untraced red-green anaglyph 3-D film.

    No. 6
  • 1947
    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    5.71947HD

    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, 2:15 or 10 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy Gillespie's...

    No. 2: Message From the Sun
  • 1965
    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    No. 14: Late Superimpositions

    5.91965HD

    “Superimposed photographs of Mr. Fleischman’s butcher shop in New York, and the Kiowa around Anadarko, Oklahoma–with Cognate...

    No. 14: Late Superimpositions
  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    5.81956HD

    Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 1962
    No. 13: Oz

    No. 13: Oz

    No. 13: Oz

    51962HD

    Unfinished commercial adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which was shelved after Smith's close friend, the executive producer...

    No. 13: Oz
  • 1956
    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    5.81956HD

    Study for Film No. 11: Mirror Animations (1957). Harry Smith described the film as, “An exposition of Buddhism and the Kaballah in the form of...

    No. 10: Mirror Animations
  • 1954
    No. 9

    No. 9

    No. 9

    6.71954HD

    16 mm, color, 10 min. Untraced collage.

    No. 9
  • 1965
    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    71965HD

    16 mm, color, silent, 10 min. Animation of Seminole patchwork.

    No. 15: Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film
  • 1979
    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    01979HD

    Features Thelonious Monk's Misterioso. Extended version of No. 11 printed forward-backward-forward.

    No. 17: Mirror Animations
  • 1949
    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)

    5.31949HD

    Experimental short. 16 mm, color, silent, 2:30 or 6 min. Sequel to No. 4.

    No. 5: Circular Tensions (Homage to Oskar Fischinger)