Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

From 1967-71 Barry Spinello made films without camera or tape recorder by hand drawing both sound and picture directly onto clear 16mm leader. His interest and education (at Columbia) was in music, painting, and poetry. His effort was to merge these three: “to squeeze sound and picture out of the same tube – to weave a cloth with warp as sound, woof as picture, and meaning the fabric itself."

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P.M.

P.M.

1961

Razor Blades

Razor Blades

1968

The Image Burns

2013

Karkalou

Karkalou

1984

Rouge ! L'Art au pays des soviets

Rouge ! L'Art au pays des soviets

2019

White Hole

White Hole

1979

Alpsee

Alpsee

1995

Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

2016

The Letter

The Letter

1998

In My Country Men Have Breasts

2012

Late Night Talks with Mother

Late Night Talks with Mother

2003

La deuxième femme

La deuxième femme

2008

Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican

Brincando el Charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican

1994

Dog Star Man

Dog Star Man

1965

Diwan

1974

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

Memoirs of a Strangler of Blondes

1971

Crazy Love

1971

Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

2015

She Had Her Gun All Ready

1978

Kolkata

Kolkata

2005