Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 1977
    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    01977HD

    As the title indicates this is a deliberately academic work, conceived in much the same way that a composer might make a 'study'. It is not about a...

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)
  • 1994
    Balcony Water Colour

    Balcony Water Colour

    Balcony Water Colour

    01994HD

    Colour - Water –Rain – not a water colour – bougainvillea in extreme close-up – touching the lens – swimming pool below...

    Balcony Water Colour
  • 1995
    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    01995HD

    From the earliest point when I started to make film one of the biggest influence on my way of thinking came from Franz Kafka. In particular the...

    For the Benefit of Mr. K
  • 1972
    Whitchurch Down (Duration)

    Whitchurch Down (Duration)

    Whitchurch Down (Duration)

    01972HD

    This film is the beginning of an examination of the perceptual and conceptual structures which can be dealt with using pure colour sequences in loop...

    Whitchurch Down (Duration)
  • 1993
    Weir

    Weir

    Weir

    01993HD

    An encounter with a small man-made waterfall presented in a triptych format.

    Weir
  • 1977
    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    01977HD

    A brilliantly constructed, melancholic ode to the passing of time by Malcolm Le Grice.

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment
  • 2006
    DENISINED - SINEDENIS

    DENISINED - SINEDENIS

    DENISINED - SINEDENIS

    02006HD

    Music J S Bach digitally reconstructed by Le Grice.

    DENISINED - SINEDENIS
  • 1967
    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    01967HD

    A double projection of images of lapping water and the Battersea Power Station all transformed by negative positive superimposition creating a moving...

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not
  • 1972
    Horror Film 2

    Horror Film 2

    Horror Film 2

    71972HD

    Film performance, using a back projection screen as well as several projection sources, including a red and green source close together (requires 3D...

    Horror Film 2
  • 1973
    Four Wall Duration

    Four Wall Duration

    Four Wall Duration

    01973HD

    Four simple changing colour loops are projected continuously into the corners of a gallery space - a form of site specific film sculpture. film-loop...

    Four Wall Duration
  • 2001
    Neither Here Nor There

    Neither Here Nor There

    Neither Here Nor There

    02001HD

    Osama Bin Laden – Britain and the USA in Iraq as through television reportage – camera only inches from the screen

    Neither Here Nor There
  • 1966
    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)

    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)

    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)

    01966HD

    A film made with found newsreel footage combined with sequences of a flashing light bulb. It is projected with a real flashing bulb hanging in front...

    Castle One (The Light Bulb Film)
  • 1968
    Castle Two

    Castle Two

    Castle Two

    01968HD

    Found film sequences brought together in the paranoia of the cold war and Vietnam.

    Castle Two
  • 1998
    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    01998HD

    An allegory for the passage from being alive to being dead. The cyclops is the one-eyed father - the one-eyed king in the land of the blind - the...

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman
  • 2005
    Lecture to an Academy

    Lecture to an Academy

    Lecture to an Academy

    02005HD

    When I reviewed the video material it reminded me of a theatre performance which I recalled as “A Lecture to an Academy”, given by Tutte...

    Lecture to an Academy
  • 1972
    Threshold

    Threshold

    Threshold

    6.51972HD

    Le Grice no longer simply uses the printer as a reflexive mechanism, but utilises the possibilities of colour-shift and permutation of imagery as the...

    Threshold
  • 2015
    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    72015HD

    "3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice

    Marking Time
  • 2006
    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    02006HD

    Originally shot as part of Finnegan’s Chin, this sequence is re-edited as a portrait of performer Jack Murray. It continues the fascination of...

    Again Finnegan
  • 1968
    Blind White Duration

    Blind White Duration

    Blind White Duration

    01968HD

    Blind White Duration is a film concerned with constructing an experience from limited perceptions. The viewer is introduced to a limited range of...

    Blind White Duration
  • 1998
    Joseph's New Coat

    Joseph's New Coat

    Joseph's New Coat

    01998HD

    This multi-image work is based on Le Grice's longer, color-field film-loop installation Joseph’s Coat (1973).

    Joseph's New Coat