David Rimmer is one of Canada's best-known and influential experimental filmmakers. This 3-volume set brings together Rimmer’s seminal early works, made between 1968 and 1986. Born in Vancouver, BC, Rimmer has been a key figure in that city's avant garde and in New York City. Rimmer’s films are known for their formal experimentation with looping, superimposition and optical printing. But they also go beyond structuralist strictures to operate on a poetic and metaphoric level.

Complement the set with Reading David Rimmer, an e-book edited by Mike Hoolboom (link opens as PDF).
 
Volume One
 
Square Inch Field
Canada / 13:00 / 1968 / sound / colour
 
Migration
Canada / 11:00 / 1969 / sound / colour
 
Landscape
Canada / 8:00 / 1969 / silent / colour
 
Blue Movie
Canada / 6:00 / 1970 / silent / colour
 
Treefall
Canada / 5:00 / 1970 / silent / b/w
 
The Dance
Canada / 5:00 / 1970 / sound / b/w
 
Surfacing on the Thames
Canada / 5:00 / 1970 / silent / colour
 
Volume Two
 
VARIATIONS ON A CELLOPHANE WRAPPER
Canada / 8:30 / 1970 / sound / colour
 
Seashore
Canada / 11:00 / 1971 / silent / b/w
 
Real Italian Pizza
Canada / 13:00 / 1971 / sound / colour
 
Watching for the Queen
Canada / 11:00 / 1973 / silent / b/w
 
Fracture
Canada / 10:00 / 1973 / silent / colour
 
Volume Three
 
Canadian Pacific
Canada / 9:00 / 1974 / silent / colour
 
Canadian Pacific ll
Canada / 9:00 / 1975 / silent / colour
 
Narrows Inlet
Canada / 10:00 / 1980 / silent / colour
 
Bricolage
Canada / 11:00 / 1984 / sound / colour
 
As Seen on TV
Canada / 15:00 / 1986 / sound / colour