James Tenney Movies

  • 1959
    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

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    Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work...

    Cat's Cradle
  • 1966
    No. 4

    No. 4

    No. 4

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    This film consists entirely of close ups of famous persons' bottoms. Ono meant it to encourage a dialogue for world peace.

    No. 4
  • 1954
    Desistfilm

    Desistfilm

    Desistfilm

    5.51954HD

    Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door...

    Desistfilm
  • 1967
    Fuses

    Fuses

    Fuses

    5.81967HD

    A silent film of collaged and painted sequences of lovemaking between Schneemann and her then partner, composer James Tenney; observed by the cat,...

    Fuses
  • 1998
    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    Brakhage

    71998HD

    BRAKHAGE explores the depth and breadth of the filmmaker’s genius, the exquisite splendor of his films, his magic personal charm, his aesthetic...

    Brakhage
  • 1952
    Interim

    Interim

    Interim

    61952HD

    A young man meets a young woman under a bridge by a railroad. They shelter from the rain and exchange a kiss. The man grows sullen and leaves. The...

    Interim
  • 1998

    "..." Reel 5

    "..." Reel 5

    5.31998HD

    Reel #5 of (...) is composed of scratch-imagery edited to music by James Tenney. The music starts accompanied only by black leader: then there is a...

  • 1957
    Loving

    Loving

    Loving

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    In Loving (1957), a couple make love in the sun and their optic system flares -- it's really the nervous system's ecstasy -- in oranges and yellows...

    Loving
  • 1991
    Christ Mass Sex Dance

    Christ Mass Sex Dance

    Christ Mass Sex Dance

    01991HD

    This work, composed of six rolls of superimposed images set to Tenney’s electronic music track ‘Blue Suede’, is a celebration of...

    Christ Mass Sex Dance
  • 2021
    Verrückt

    Verrückt

    Verrückt

    102021HD

    Procedurally-generated frames slowly expand in density to visually explore the mind of a psychopathic, narcissistic teenager, up until the demise of...

    Verrückt