Arts Council Of Great Britain Filmes
- 1993
Blue
Blue71993HD
Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek...
- 1990
Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater31990HD
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...
- 1987
Uranium Hex
Uranium Hex61987HD
A memory-using location film of a stay with a uranium mining community. Using a kaleidoscopic array of experimental techniques, this film explores...
- 1967
Giacometti
Giacometti01967HD
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...
- 1991
Slow Glass
Slow Glass01991HD
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...
- 1993
Milk and Glass
Milk and Glass01993HD
In this film an interior landscape is scrutinised, and an apparent rational calm is revealed as suffocating. Milk and Glass is an evocative journey...
- 1984
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt
Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt01984HD
A portrait of Salford-born poet, storyteller and comic, John Cooper-Clarke. His poems, a satirical blend of humour and social comment, are delivered...
- 1981
Nightshift
Nightshift101981HD
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....
- 1976
Stream Line
Stream Line01976HD
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...
- 1992
Gargantuan
Gargantuan7.251992HD
“London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and...
- 1970
Magritte: The False Mirror
Magritte: The False Mirror01970HD
Introduces the world of painter René Magritte through an assemblage of the painter's images. Includes statements by Magritte about his...
- 1981
The World of Gilbert & George
The World of Gilbert & George11981HD
Gilbert & George are renowned for presenting themselves as ‘living sculptures,’ fusing their art and identity with the external world....
- 1967
R.B. Kitaj
R.B. Kitaj01967HD
Biographical short about the American Pop Artist by James Scott
- 1992
Kanga
Kanga101992HD
Early 90s London gets a vibrant dose of African culture in this mini odyssey fusing dance, music and fashion.
- 1978
Vertical Features Remake
Vertical Features Remake7.251978HD
Vertical Features Remake is a film by Peter Greenaway. It portrays the work of a fictional Institute of Reclamation and Restoration as they attempt...
- 1986
Ballet Black
Ballet Black61986HD
Stephen Dwoskin brings together members of the Ballet Negres dance company, founded in London in 1946.
- 1979
Steel 'n' Skin
Steel 'n' Skin01979HD
Peter Blackman, founder of Steel 'n' Skin, talks about this pan-African group, which takes African culture to British schools. The film follows the...
- 1983
A Sign is a Fine Investment
A Sign is a Fine Investment01983HD
Documentary on advertising. Investigates the way work has disappeared from advertising images, and traces the phenomenon through archive advertising...
- 1983
Margaret Tait: Film Maker
Margaret Tait: Film Maker01983HD
A documentary about the life and works of Margaret Tait.
- 1972
Wind Vane
Wind Vane5.51972HD
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...