Arts Council Of Great Britain Filmes

  • 1993
    Blue

    Blue

    Blue

    71993HD

    Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...

    Blue
  • 1990
    Stabat Mater

    Stabat Mater

    Stabat Mater

    31990HD

    Stabat Mater opens and closes with two sung laments, then launches into a breathless torrent of words and phrases, a re-reading of the eternal...

    Stabat Mater
  • 1987
    Uranium Hex

    Uranium Hex

    Uranium Hex

    61987HD

    A memory-using location film of a stay with a uranium mining community. Using a kaleidoscopic array of experimental techniques, this film explores...

    Uranium Hex
  • 1967
    Giacometti

    Giacometti

    Giacometti

    01967HD

    The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the...

    Giacometti
  • 1991
    Slow Glass

    Slow Glass

    Slow Glass

    01991HD

    From the idea that glass, even when cooled, is a liquid that changes in appearance over time, an offscreen narrator launches a recollection of the...

    Slow Glass
  • 1993
    Milk and Glass

    Milk and Glass

    Milk and Glass

    01993HD

    In this film an interior landscape is scrutinised, and an apparent rational calm is revealed as suffocating. Milk and Glass is an evocative journey...

    Milk and Glass
  • 1984
    Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

    Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

    Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt

    01984HD

    A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical blend of humour and social comment, are delivered...

    Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
  • 1981
    Nightshift

    Nightshift

    Nightshift

    101981HD

    It is night and, in the foyer of a small hotel, a receptionist performs her tasks, unhurried and impassive, her face ghost-white, an emotional mask....

    Nightshift
  • 1976
    Stream Line

    Stream Line

    Stream Line

    01976HD

    The film is a continuous, "real time" tracking shot of a stream bed. The length of the track was ten yards. The camera was suspended in a motorized...

    Stream Line
  • 1992
    Gargantuan

    Gargantuan

    Gargantuan

    7.251992HD

    “London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...

    Gargantuan
  • 1970
    Magritte: The False Mirror

    Magritte: The False Mirror

    Magritte: The False Mirror

    01970HD

    Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his...

    Magritte: The False Mirror
  • 1981
    The World of Gilbert & George

    The World of Gilbert & George

    The World of Gilbert & George

    11981HD

    Gilbert & George are renowned for presenting themselves as ‘living sculptures,’ fusing their art and identity with the external world....

    The World of Gilbert & George
  • 1967
    R.B. Kitaj

    R.B. Kitaj

    R.B. Kitaj

    01967HD

    Biographical short about the American Pop Artist by James Scott

    R.B. Kitaj
  • 1992
    Kanga

    Kanga

    Kanga

    101992HD

    Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.

    Kanga
  • 1978
    Vertical Features Remake

    Vertical Features Remake

    Vertical Features Remake

    7.251978HD

    Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt...

    Vertical Features Remake
  • 1986
    Ballet Black

    Ballet Black

    Ballet Black

    61986HD

    Stephen Dwoskin brings together members of the Ballet Negres dance company, founded in London in 1946.

    Ballet Black
  • 1979
    Steel 'n' Skin

    Steel 'n' Skin

    Steel 'n' Skin

    01979HD

    Peter Blackman, founder of Steel 'n' Skin, talks about this pan-African group, which takes African culture to British schools. The film follows the...

    Steel 'n' Skin
  • 1983
    A Sign is a Fine Investment

    A Sign is a Fine Investment

    A Sign is a Fine Investment

    01983HD

    Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising...

    A Sign is a Fine Investment
  • 1983
    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    Margaret Tait: Film Maker

    01983HD

    A documentary about the life and works of Margaret Tait.

    Margaret Tait: Film Maker
  • 1972
    Wind Vane

    Wind Vane

    Wind Vane

    5.51972HD

    Two cameras mounted on tripods with wind vane attachments were positioned about 50 feet apart along an axis of 45 degrees to the direction of the...

    Wind Vane