Lillian Schwartz Movies

  • 1971
    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    Some of My Best Friends Are...

    4.21971HD

    Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.

    Some of My Best Friends Are...
  • 1971
    UFOs

    UFOs

    UFOs

    5.41971HD

    Blasting off into cosmic visual abstraction, pioneering computer artist Lillian Schwartz’s UFOs is a kinetic tour-de-force whose innovative...

    UFOs
  • 1971
    Olympiad

    Olympiad

    Olympiad

    5.21971HD

    Study in motion based on Muybridge’s photographs of man running.

    Olympiad
  • 2017
    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    62017HD

    A tortuous journey, in the company of the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, around the figure of the enigmatic and visionary French poet Raymond...

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
  • 1970
    Pixillation

    Pixillation

    Pixillation

    6.21970HD

    Pixillation features computer generated abstract animations set to Moog-synthesized sound.

    Pixillation
  • 1972
    Mutations

    Mutations

    Mutations

    4.51972HD

    “The changing dots, ectoplasmic shapes and electronic music of L. Schwartz’s ‘Mutations’ which has been shot with the aid of...

    Mutations
  • 1976
    The Artist and the Computer

    The Artist and the Computer

    The Artist and the Computer

    4.81976HD

    Pioneering artist Lillian Schwartz demonstrates the human input -- integrity, artistic sensibilities, and aesthetics -- that goes into producing...

    The Artist and the Computer
  • 1972
    Googolplex

    Googolplex

    Googolplex

    4.51972HD

    Extended editing techniques based on Land’s experiments affect the viewer’s sensory perceptions.

    Googolplex
  • 2005
    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980

    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980

    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980

    02005HD

    Over two hours of rare performances, interviews, animations, and experimental video. Milton Babbit’s discussion of the difficulties of working...

    OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948–1980
  • 1978
    Poet of His People

    Poet of His People

    Poet of His People

    01978HD

    Pablo Neruda’s life unfolds and becomes the basis for the symbolic representation of his poem “Barcarola”, intermixing live action,...

    Poet of His People
  • 1977
    Bagatelles

    Bagatelles

    Bagatelles

    31977HD

    Abstract images of frame-by-frame animation with subtle growing effects of crystals are enhanced by polarized colors.

    Bagatelles
  • 2013
    RGBCMY

    RGBCMY

    RGBCMY

    42013HD

    This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

    RGBCMY
  • 1976
    Fantasies

    Fantasies

    Fantasies

    21976HD

    Computer generated images used as counterpoint to music “Fantasia & In Nomine” by John Ward, performed by Elizabeth Cohen, Max...

    Fantasies
  • 1986
    Beyond Picasso

    Beyond Picasso

    Beyond Picasso

    01986HD

    Schwartz reordered and combined angular contours, broken planes, and distorted proportions in her own pictorial structures in an homage to Picasso's...

    Beyond Picasso
  • 1973
    Innocence

    Innocence

    Innocence

    21973HD

    Computer generated music and visuals films directly from a color TV monitor.

    Innocence
  • 1977
    Nino

    Nino

    Nino

    01977HD

    Music by Albert E. Miller. Experimental work with dancer and musicians to combine and present an unusual choreography of performers and music as a...

    Nino
  • 1976
    La Spiritata

    La Spiritata

    La Spiritata

    21976HD

    Music “Canzoni per sonar a quattro” by Giovanni Gabrieli, performed by Elizabeth Cohen, Max Mathews, and Gerard Schwarz. Images generated...

    La Spiritata
  • 2014
    Tacit Expressions

    Tacit Expressions

    Tacit Expressions

    02014HD

    This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

    Tacit Expressions
  • 1979
    Rituel

    Rituel

    Rituel

    81979HD

    Music performed by The New York Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Schwartz manipulates by computer, in real-time the images of...

    Rituel
  • 1972
    Enigma

    Enigma

    Enigma

    21972HD

    “Lines and rectangles are the geometric shapes basic to ENIGMA, a computer graphics film full of subliminal and persistent image effects. In a...

    Enigma