Movies: Ubu Films

Albie Thoms' Marinetti was the culmination of the synthetic environments that the UBU group had pioneered in Australia; festive public 'happenings' that combined the energy and volume of creative rock and jazz with the mesmeric effect of multi-dimens...

“The film was made spontaneously one afternoon in 1966. When a few friends got together... We were all in love with the film medium...” (Garry Shead)...

This experimental documentary about two young Paddington dress-makers was banned for nudity, but was screened widely in Australia without complaint....

A minimalist exercise described by Thoms as ‘observing the effect of movement on perception within the framework of Ravel’s music’....

Thoms dedicated three months and a toolkit of pins, razor blades and scalpels to create the rich, abstract surface texture in Bluto. The result, according to the filmmaker, ‘was something like thunder and rain, interspersed with burps, belches and fa...

1967 David E. Perry short...

An experimental film by David Perry....

Records the backwaters and docklands of Sydney Harbour accompanying a young woman with a red umbrella....

Kath is seen in different environments....

Lovemaking in water has Antarctic repercussions....