Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 2020
    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    02020HD

    Dark Trees starts with a view from a window in silhouette through which one sees a garden, tall trees, rooftops and the sea. This scene orientates...

    Dark Trees
  • 2004
    Art & the 60s

    Art & the 60s

    Art & the 60s

    02004HD

    Documentary about British Art in the 60's produced by the BBC starting with Fraser and Kasmin, moving to the modern sculpture movement lead by Caro...

    Art & the 60s
  • 1974
    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    01974HD

    "Like all the works I have done which refer directly to another artist, After Lumière… is not directly 'about' the Lumière...

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé
  • 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
  • 1969
    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    61969HD

    This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the...

    Spot the Microdot
  • 2010
    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    02010HD

    In October 2009 I did a show in Prague. I returned to the Kafka house of my ‘Benefit of Mr K’ but found the whole street and Castle area...

    Absinthe
  • 2011
    Finiti

    Finiti

    Finiti

    02011HD

    [Originally] six virtual screens matted into three Blu-ray projections. First exhibited at the Centre Multimedia Gantner in 2011, then on an...

    Finiti
  • 1973
    Pre-Production

    Pre-Production

    Pre-Production

    01973HD

    Illuminated by two blank screens projected from empty slides, four performers read texts drawn from the history of cinema – a dictionary of...

    Pre-Production
  • 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
  • 1983
    Finnegan's Chin

    Finnegan's Chin

    Finnegan's Chin

    81983HD

    Directed by Malcolm le Grice.

    Finnegan's Chin
  • 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
  • 2004
    Digital Aberration

    Digital Aberration

    Digital Aberration

    02004HD

    Every cheap visual effect in the editing package and a sound track made with free software from a corn-flakes packet.

    Digital Aberration
  • 2003
    Travelling with Mark

    Travelling with Mark

    Travelling with Mark

    02003HD

    A digital manipulation exploiting the transcoding ‘mosaic’ of video shot on a train journey from Berlin to southern Germany with Mark...

    Travelling with Mark
  • 1984
    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    01984HD

    A single performance made at the National Film Theatre against a blank screen – the performer twice leaves the stage on one side, exits the...

    Digital Still Life
  • 1979
    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    61979HD

    Emily - Third Party Speculation is the second of a ‘domestic trilogy’ exploring the relationship between the restricted camera viewpoint...

    Emily - Third Party Speculation
  • 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
  • 1995
    Chronos Fragmented

    Chronos Fragmented

    Chronos Fragmented

    01995HD

    A video work based on video8 and hi8 material shot over six years. Chronos is the Titian – the time god who rules the universe – the flux...

    Chronos Fragmented
  • 2008
    After Monet Water Lilies

    After Monet Water Lilies

    After Monet Water Lilies

    02008HD

    "My experience of Monet’s large-scale panoramic paintings of his water lily garden when I was about 14 years old became a crucial artistic...

    After Monet Water Lilies
  • 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
  • 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