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Joel Schlemowitz

1734 (1997) 35mm, color, silent, 2 min

Genre: Experimental

Keywords: Literature & Theater

A short film of Emily Dickinson's poem number 1734, which begins with: "Oh, honey of an hour". The words of the poem appear handpainted onto the film frames. Please note: 35mm print

Rental: $40.00

Joel Schlemowitz

40/4000 (2007) 16mm, Color, Sound, 3.5 min

Genre: Experimental

A camera roll. Forty years celebrated in four-thousand frames.

Joel Schlemowitz

Abrasions (1990) 16mm, black and white, sound, 3.3 min

Genre: Experimental

Keywords: Erotic

Charged ambiguity in a sado-erotic setting.

Rental: $30.00

Joel Schlemowitz

All Saints Day (2001) 16mm, color & b/w, sound, 7 min

Genre: Experimental

Co-maker, Jon Behrens. A collaboration between filmmakers Jon Behrens in Seattle, Washington, and Joel Schlemowitz in Brooklyn, New York, shot on ALL SAINTS DAY, November 1, 2000. They each shot 100 feet of film at the same time of the day 3,000 miles apart, and they did not tell each other what they shot. The film was hand-processed, cut up into two-foot lengths and then cut back together, alternating between Joel's footage and Jon's footage. The soundtrack for this film was done the same way. Screenings include: Seattle Underground Film Festival, 2001; Olympia Film Festival, 2002

Rental: $25.00

Joel Schlemowitz

All Saints Day [2] (2002) 16mm, color, sound, 7 min

Genre: Experimental

Co-maker, Jon Behrens. A second collaboration between filmmakers Jon Behrens in Seattle, Washington, and Joel Schlemowitz in Brooklyn, New York, shot on ALL SAINTS DAY, November 1, 2001. They each shot 100 feet of film at the same time of the day 3,000 miles apart, and they did not tell each other what they shot. The film was hand-processed, cut up into two-foot lengths and then cut back together, alternating between Joel's footage and Jon's footage. The soundtrack for this film was done the same way. Screenings include: Seattle Underground Film Festival, 2002

Rental: $25.00

Joel Schlemowitz

Angelbubble (1995) 16mm, color, sound, 3 min

Genre: Experimental

A Morris Engel hydrokinetic sculpture, a short soothing film.

Rental: $25.00

Joel Schlemowitz

Übel (1992) 16mm, black and white, sound, 6 min

Genre: Experimental

Five variations on an unfriendly-looking object. Screenings include: Synesthesia in Film & Video, University of Rhode Island, 2000

Rental: $25.00

Joel Schlemowitz

Bacchanale (1998) 16mm, color, sound, 3 min

Genre: Experimental

A Bacchanalia, kindly provided by the Aesthesians, and set to the music of Saint-Saëns from an early recording of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

Rental: $25.00

Joel Schlemowitz

Bagatelle Biologique (2000) 16mm, black and white, sound, 4 min

Genre: Experimental

Corpuscles dash about. Nerves twitch. Neurons fire. Anatomical illustrations, overlaid with the body's actions through scratching and handpainting directly onto the film. Screenings include: Seattle Underground Film Festival, 2000

Rental: $35.00

Joel Schlemowitz

Bagatelle In Neon (1997) 16mm, color, sound on separate reel(s), 3 min

Genre: Experimental

Three friendly little minutes of lights at night on Avenue A, shot on black and white and extensively and laboriously hand-colored.

Rental: $25.00