Phil Solomon Movies
- 2018
By This River
By This River7.32018HD
Phil Solomon's unreleased GTA film. Made in Grand Theft Auto V.
- 1980
Nocturne
Nocturne7.31980HD
Nocturne evokes one of the most magnificent films of Brakhage: Fire of Waters. It takes place in a suburb populated by children playing and...
- 2009
Still Raining, Still Dreaming
Still Raining, Still Dreaming6.42009HD
Believe it or not, esoteric film sages, i.e., Phil Solomon, are open to the possibilities of working with video — and even video games. This is...
- 1994
Elementary Phrases
Elementary Phrases5.71994HD
Experimental, paint on celluloid
- 1995
The Snowman
The Snowman71995HD
“A meditation on memory, burial and decay – a belated kaddish for my father.” (Phil Solomon)
- 1999
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour7.31999HD
A little nachtmusick, a deep blue overture to the series. Breathing in the cool night airs, breathing out a children's song; then whispering a prayer...
- 2010
American Falls
American Falls62010HD
Phil Solomon’s immersive triptych film installation American Falls, which was originally commissioned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art in...
- 2011
Turbulent Waters
Turbulent Waters22011HD
An experiment in 3D abetted by a Pulfrich filter, originally theorized in the 1920s. Features water cinematography by Phil Solomon.
- 2008
Empire
Empire02008HD
A re-make of Andy Warhol’s Empire from high atop the Manhattan Island of Grand Theft Auto IV (“Liberty City”), far from the madding...
- 1994
Alternating Currents
Alternating Currents61994HD
This was an unfinished collaboration with Stan Brakhage. This film was actually screened publicly at least a few times, including at Pacific Film...
- 1975
Nightlight
Nightlight01975HD
Phil Solomon's fist attempt at a cine-nocturne.
- 2023
The Summit
The Summit02023HD
The air swarms with hidden energies and engines, invisible broadcasts crackling ominously. History is written in midair, written on the wind, above...
- 2006
Untitled (for David Gatten)
Untitled (for David Gatten)02006HD
Phil Solomon: 'Mark and I made this for our friend David Gatten, as a prayer, an offering, a get well soon card... for all three of us. It was made...
- 1989
The Exquisite Hour
The Exquisite Hour5.31989HD
Half lullaby for the dead, half lamentation on the twilight of the cinema.
- 1994
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea01994HD
'Blinking' 2D rendition of one of Ken Jacobs' Nervous System performances first presented in 1994.
- 1983
What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
What’s Out Tonight Is Lost7.71983HD
Adopting its title from a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, What’s Out Tonight Is Lost is an elegiac film sifting through the unrecoverable. The...
- 1999
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes71999HD
A film Solomon made for his wife on the occasion of their marriage.
- 2013
Simply Because You're Near Me
Simply Because You're Near Me02013HD
The many moods and shades of love, set in a virtual Hong Kong. Inspired by the films of Wong Kar Wai.
- 1989
Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage01989HD
Okay, well, this film started out as a punk Joke, made 10 minutes before class, in 8mm, shot Brakhage, camera jammed, used accident to shoot him down...
- 2002
Innocence and Despair
Innocence and Despair6.32002HD
"One week after 9/11, independent filmmakers Jay Rosenblatt and Caveh Zahedi put out a call to over 150 experimental and documentary filmmakers...