Movies: Amy Halpern
- 1979
Kristallnacht (1979)
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A bewitching, mysterious work of enveloping beauty, the film’s ominous title and a dedication to Anne Frank deeply inform our reading of its haunting subtext. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with the National Film Preservation ...
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- 1972
Three Preparations (1972)
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In three parts: Statice/frameline; Drops; The Cannonball Section. Unpopulated (except for the cheap ending on the Cannonball Section). (Previously shown as SLOW FLUSH.) –A. C. H....
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- 2020
Unowned Luxuries #3 (2020)
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- 2018
Vezelay Curtain (2018)
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- 2020
#27 (2020)
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- 2012
Three Minute Hells (2012)
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with Arwa Ibrahim 1 - Detention 2 - Hollywood Hills 3 - Reptile 4 - Bestiary 5 - Abstract and Concrete 6 - Doorway Occupation 7 - Sideways...
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- 1978
Cigarette Burn (1978)
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- 1972
A Glance (1972)
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Literally, a glance. A dedication; my emissary. –A. C. H....
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- 2016
Newt Pauses (2016)
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- 2022
My Dear Evaporant, (2022)
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What can I say about a private letter?...
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- 2020
Jane, Looking (2020)
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A portrait of Jane Wodening (Brakhage). “A person who was the subject of the camera for many years looks back at us with an interrogating stare.” (Amy Halpern)...
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- 1982
Invocation (1982)
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Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience....
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- 2020
Newt Leaders (2020)
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Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves. (Amy Halpern)...
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- 2022
Ginko Yellow (2022)
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with Indigo Cohan....
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- 2014
Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl (2014)
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- 2012
Cheshire Smile (2012)
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with Adnan Ibrahim "Stand up and use your ears like a man" - Charles Ives...
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- 2022
4 Fingers, 5 Toes (2022)
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Endangered animals on an endangered medium. A heartbeat 4/4 Slow cinema, with a sex scene....
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- 2023
Slow Fireworks (2023)
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- 1981
Cuticle Torture (1981)
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1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water....
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- 2022
I Tremble / 8:46 (2022)
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An opera in the public domain. A film about duration. “I tremble for my country when I think that god is just.” (Thomas Jefferson)...
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