The Films of David Rimmer: Vol. 1-3
2017
170 min
English
Published by Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
$135
Formats Available:
- DVD
- Blu-ray
License:
- Personal
- North American, Educational
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).
DISC DESCRIPTION
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 II
Canada / 9:00 / 1974 / 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