Pat O'Neill Movies

  • 2008
    Bustin' Down the Door

    Bustin' Down the Door

    Bustin' Down the Door

    62008HD

    During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything...

    Bustin' Down the Door
  • 1989
    Water and Power

    Water and Power

    Water and Power

    71989HD

    A reflection between nature and man in Los Angeles about the city's surroundings' desertification due to enormous water consumption.

    Water and Power
  • 1965
    Seven Second Love Affair

    Seven Second Love Affair

    Seven Second Love Affair

    01965HD

    Les Blank's first documentary cinematography job shooting Drag Racers in Long Beach, CA, driving everything from hopped up "Mercs" to Supercharged...

    Seven Second Love Affair
  • 2002
    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

    7.52002HD

    The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles serves as the backdrop of Pat O’Neill’s artfully-crafted film. Shot in the classic Hollywood style,...

    The Decay of Fiction
  • 1993
    Abstract Cinema

    Abstract Cinema

    Abstract Cinema

    81993HD

    Several well-known and pioneering abstract filmmakers discuss the history of non-objective cinema, the works of those that came before them and their...

    Abstract Cinema
  • 1963
    By the Sea

    By the Sea

    By the Sea

    81963HD

    "Muscle Beach is a fascinating location for people-watching in the L.A. area, and in 1963, the strangeness of its sights was much more pronounced...

    By the Sea
  • 2021
    Messages 4

    Messages 4

    Messages 4

    02021HD

    Pat O'Neill narrates his photographs made between 1965 & 1975 approx.

    Messages 4
  • 1972
    Easyout

    Easyout

    Easyout

    5.21972HD

    Has to do with a consideration of one possible conceptual model for human existence: that of a primitive form of yardchair, upon which sits The...

    Easyout
  • 2008
    Horizontal Boundaries

    Horizontal Boundaries

    Horizontal Boundaries

    72008HD

    The title Horizontal Boundaries refers to frame lines- the boundaries between one image and the next on a roll of motion picture film. These lines,...

    Horizontal Boundaries
  • 1973
    Down Wind

    Down Wind

    Down Wind

    8.81973HD

    A thoughtful treatment of some of the problems we (mankind) have been having in dealing with our fellow species, animal and vegetable. Actually an...

    Down Wind
  • 1998
    Squirtgun / Step Print

    Squirtgun / Step Print

    Squirtgun / Step Print

    01998HD

    O’Neill applied film developer to film stock using a squirt gun, then rearranged the results into rhythmic repetitions.

    Squirtgun / Step Print
  • 1998
    Coreopsis

    Coreopsis

    Coreopsis

    91998HD

    "O'Neill found an envelope labeled 'Helen's Coreopsis' with seeds from a 1935 visit his mother had made to her sister in Nebraska. His film COREOPSIS...

    Coreopsis
  • 2021
    Messages 5

    Messages 5

    Messages 5

    02021HD

    Pat O'Neill narrates his photographs.

    Messages 5
  • 2015
    Where the Chocolate Mountains

    Where the Chocolate Mountains

    Where the Chocolate Mountains

    02015HD

    A tour de force of digital art, Where the Chocolate Mountains (2015, 55 min.) is a major new opus from Pat O’Neill, one of the all-time guiding...

    Where the Chocolate Mountains
  • 1969
    Screen

    Screen

    Screen

    11969HD

    16mm film installation.

    Screen
  • 2012
    Ojo Caliente

    Ojo Caliente

    Ojo Caliente

    02012HD

    Ojo Caliente (hot eye) depicts a site in a reddish sandstone desert; the remains of a settlement apparently dedicated to the manufacture of solid...

    Ojo Caliente
  • 2020
    Messages

    Messages

    Messages

    02020HD

    Short film portrait using narration and artworks by Pat O’Neill and edited by Martha Colburn.

    Messages
  • 1972
    The Last of the Persimmons

    The Last of the Persimmons

    The Last of the Persimmons

    01972HD

    LAST OF THE PERSIMMONS opens with a black-and-white image of a main inflating helium balloons in the shape of rabbits. Onto this image Mr. O'Neill...

    The Last of the Persimmons
  • 2009
    Starting to Go Bad

    Starting to Go Bad

    Starting to Go Bad

    02009HD

    2009 --- Digital Video --- 30 minutes --- Color --- Sound Sound Mix: George Lockwood

    Starting to Go Bad
  • 2021
    Messages 3

    Messages 3

    Messages 3

    02021HD

    Short film portrait using narration and artworks by Pat O’Neill and edited by Martha Colburn.

    Messages 3