Dirk de Bruyn Movies

  • 2004
    H2

    H2

    H2

    02004HD

    Cut down to 16mm from a 35mm trailer for the movie Shaft, the slowed down voice, gunshot explosions and lsaac Hayes' iconic music become barely...

    H2
  • 1976
    Running

    Running

    Running

    31976HD

    The film tries to 'destroy time' by the cyclical reworking of a short period of time. Gradually the image becomes less discernible and the flashing...

    Running
  • 1984
    Discs

    Discs

    Discs

    01984HD

    An experimental film showing various record covers. (AFW program notes)

    Discs
  • 1997
    My Blessings

    My Blessings

    My Blessings

    01997HD

    A diary film, chronicling six days in the life of a woman in her early 30's. A portrait of isolation, striving, rejection and hope.

    My Blessings
  • 2020
    Death of Place (annotated)

    Death of Place (annotated)

    Death of Place (annotated)

    02020HD

    "This annotated version Death of Place is about something that has died but is continually re-gurgitated into something else, that expands into a...

    Death of Place (annotated)
  • 2016
    Dissociation

    Dissociation

    Dissociation

    02016HD

    Dissociation is an abstract materialist film that has migrated from 16mm film to the digital. It is made up of scratches, half-baked images and...

    Dissociation
  • 1985
    Vision

    Vision

    Vision

    01985HD

    "...No photographed images. All handmade. It's all these squares, lines. The main techniques were bleaching and dyeing and sticking letraset material...

    Vision
  • 1986
    Frames

    Frames

    Frames

    01986HD

    Frames like de Bruyn's other recent effort Cha-Hit (1986) is an overwhelming film constantly in motion, blitzing its audience with abstract visuals....

    Frames
  • 2014
    Empire

    Empire

    Empire

    02014HD

    Empire re-animates found historic stereographic photographs predominantly of Melbourne’s city centre between 1927 and 1940 when the colonial...

    Empire
  • 2014
    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    02014HD

    The subject of Death of Place is 16mm film's direct on film techniques, migrated into the digital realm. Its story catches half articulated childhood...

    The Death of Place
  • 1989
    Between Us

    Between Us

    Between Us

    01989HD

    The story of Rick, a washing-machine serviceman, and his relationships with two very different women.

    Between Us
  • 1985
    223

    223

    223

    01985HD

    "With 223 I used Photographs from my past as a base. It gives the eyes something to come back to from the faster abstract shapes. The Pos/Neg...

    223
  • 2015
    East Meets West

    East Meets West

    East Meets West

    02015HD

    East Meets West is an abstract flickering animation that sits precariously between the digital and the analog. The film highlights the luminous...

    East Meets West
  • 1980
    Walk

    Walk

    Walk

    01980HD

    The film follows walking feet and progresses to a preoccupation with the dancing shadow of the camera and the filmmaker. Much of the footage was...

    Walk
  • 1998
    Schist

    Schist

    Schist

    01998HD

    Silent, but often paired with Burt & Chabade's Four Possible Soundtracks for Dirk De Bruyn's "Schist" (1999).

    Schist
  • 2024
    Flinders

    Flinders

    Flinders

    02024HD

    A timelapse record of Flinders Street Station over a period of 24 hours combining the contemporary affordances of digital video with the chiming...

    Flinders
  • 2005
    2nd Hand Cinema

    2nd Hand Cinema

    2nd Hand Cinema

    02005HD

    A celebration of the offal of cinema, old films, old soundtracks, drawing directly on the film, using stamps and food-dyes to create discarded...

    2nd Hand Cinema
  • 2012
    Wap

    Wap

    Wap

    02012HD

    WAP stands for White Australia Policy, a racist policy which limited migration into Australia into the nineteen fifties. This policy can be read as a...

    Wap
  • 2014
    Found Found Found

    Found Found Found

    Found Found Found

    02014HD

    Groundbreaking experimental/avant garde travel diary essay film. A reflection on communication.

    Found Found Found
  • 1987
    Homecomings

    Homecomings

    Homecomings

    01987HD

    De Bruyn combines his particular filmic effect/interest (rhythm) with the tangible reality around him. In Homecomings there is an incredible sense of...

    Homecomings