Canyon Cinema : New Acquisitions

Now Available on 16mm: No Moon by Christopher Cogan

Posted July 9th, 2014 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

Pulling out enamel and bronze clack their insides :::: From Christopher Cogan, a multimedia artist based in Athens GA, we are pleased to present No Moon, a new 16mm film which evokes altered states of mind as a way of troubling the line between cinema and delirium.

New 16mm and DVDs available from Janis Crystal Lipzin and Sergio Batiz

Posted April 22nd, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, New Films, News / Events

New on DVD from Janis Crystal Lipzin: De Luce 2: Architectura | 2013 | color | sound | 8.5 min. Super 8mm transferred to video Light & photo-chemistry collide and conspire against 12 different architectural backdrops suspending and dissolving celluloid matter into a luminosity reminiscent of Mark Rothko’s radiant field paintings. The original film was shot […]

Incoming: New Printing of Bruce Baillie Volumes II & III on DVD

Posted March 27th, 2014 in Announcements, New DVDs, News / Events

Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce new editions of Bruce Baillie Volume II and Volume III on DVD. These discs are the epitome of quality, assembled by the hands of the Canyon cofounder himself. Printed in honor of the creation of the Canyon Cinema Foundation, Quick Billy, Quixote, and Here I Am are now en route to […]

Works by Lawrence Jordan now available on DVD

Posted March 18th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

Now available to purchase from Canyon Cinema: Chateau/Poyet (2010 | 11 minutes | Color | Sound) The scene is set in front of a French chateau. The camera chases improbable incidents across the screen. Many are constructed out of one of Jordan’s favorite illustrators: Poyet. Duels occur on a tight rope. Heavier-then- air machines fly […]

Now available on DVD: Candy Colors: An Interview with Stan Brakhage

Posted March 18th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

Candy Colors: An Interview with Stan Brakhage (1985 | 43.5 minutes | Color | Sound) “While on a showing tour in Boulder, CO, I visited with Stan and he showed me how he went about constructing his highly colored hand-painted 16mm films. We see him explaining his materials, the difficulties, the percentages of […]

New on 16mm: 3 Films by Rose Lowder

Posted February 14th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

New on 16mm: Sous le Soleil / Under the Sun (Rose Lowder, 2011) In the heat of summer, solar panel reflections blend with butterflies on flowers and a little bird eating the mulberries. Click for more information about Lowder and to rent this film Jardin du Sel / Salt Garden (Rose Lowder, 2011) The production […]

Lawrence Jordan’s After the Circus (2013) is now available!

Posted January 21st, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

After the Circus by Lawrence Jordan 9 min. B/W, sound, 16 mm, 2013 Live and Cut-out Animation An exploration into 19th century death mystiques, which rely heavily on the supernatural, along with a belief in, or at least a fascination with, fairy magic, much of it implied through subtle imagery. In all, it is a fascinating […]

For sale on DVD: Len Lye’s ‘rhythms’

Posted November 18th, 2013 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

A major figure in experimental cinema, Len Lye was also a renowned kinetic sculptor, an innovative theorist, painter, and writer. He invented the “direct cinema” — facts without film– painting and scratching on film falls back in other films, exposing the film in the shade of various objects, or practicing a number of experimental […]

New on 16mm: Entr’acte (Jordan, 2013)

Posted October 31st, 2013 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

New on 16mm: Entr’acte (Lawrence Jordan, 2013) A series of Vaudeville acts inserted between the lines of reality, meant to demonstrate the ephemerality of all things. -L.J. For more information about Jordan and to rent this film…