Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 2010
    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    02010HD

    In October 2009 I did a show in Prague. I returned to the Kafka house of my ‘Benefit of Mr K’ but found the whole street and Castle area...

    Absinthe
  • 2006
    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    02006HD

    Originally shot as part of Finnegan’s Chin, this sequence is re-edited as a portrait of performer Jack Murray. It continues the fascination of...

    Again Finnegan
  • 1973
    Gross Fog

    Gross Fog

    Gross Fog

    01973HD

    Loops. "A four screen film projection onto four vertically placed screens, which span the gallery space from floor to ceiling. The wall surface is...

    Gross Fog
  • 2004
    Critical Moments

    Critical Moments

    Critical Moments

    02004HD

    ‘Critical Moment One’ was an un-planned recording of a one-year old boy exploring shells and sand on a beach. Though the boy was my own...

    Critical Moments
  • 1998
    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    01998HD

    An allegory for the passage from being alive to being dead. The cyclops is the one-eyed father - the one-eyed king in the land of the blind - the...

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman
  • 2006
    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    02006HD

    A simple event becomes rhythmically complex through changes of speed and multiple superimposition. The title refers to the inevitable inclusion of...

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N
  • 2015
    Where When

    Where When

    Where When

    02015HD

    Malcolm Le Grice - 3D.

    Where When
  • 1984
    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    01984HD

    A single performance made at the National Film Theatre against a blank screen – the performer twice leaves the stage on one side, exits the...

    Digital Still Life
  • 1968
    Castle Two

    Castle Two

    Castle Two

    01968HD

    Found film sequences brought together in the paranoia of the cold war and Vietnam.

    Castle Two
  • 1973
    Four Wall Duration

    Four Wall Duration

    Four Wall Duration

    01973HD

    Four simple changing colour loops are projected continuously into the corners of a gallery space - a form of site specific film sculpture. film-loop...

    Four Wall Duration
  • 2020
    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    02020HD

    Dark Trees starts with a view from a window in silhouette through which one sees a garden, tall trees, rooftops and the sea. This scene orientates...

    Dark Trees
  • 1973
    Pre-Production

    Pre-Production

    Pre-Production

    01973HD

    Illuminated by two blank screens projected from empty slides, four performers read texts drawn from the history of cinema – a dictionary of...

    Pre-Production
  • 2005
    Lecture to an Academy

    Lecture to an Academy

    Lecture to an Academy

    02005HD

    When I reviewed the video material it reminded me of a theatre performance which I recalled as “A Lecture to an Academy”, given by Tutte...

    Lecture to an Academy
  • 1993
    Weir

    Weir

    Weir

    01993HD

    An encounter with a small man-made waterfall presented in a triptych format.

    Weir
  • 1967
    Talla

    Talla

    Talla

    01967HD

    Rocky, granite outcrops, a derelict quarry-worker and Dartmoor prison.

    Talla
  • 1969
    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    61969HD

    This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the...

    Spot the Microdot
  • 1970
    Reign of the Vampire

    Reign of the Vampire

    Reign of the Vampire

    01970HD

    Directed by Malcolm Le Grice. "It nears the end of the political paranoid works using found military documentary images. It explores a complex form...

    Reign of the Vampire
  • 1977
    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    01977HD

    As the title indicates this is a deliberately academic work, conceived in much the same way that a composer might make a 'study'. It is not about a...

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)
  • 1968
    Blind White Duration

    Blind White Duration

    Blind White Duration

    01968HD

    Blind White Duration is a film concerned with constructing an experience from limited perceptions. The viewer is introduced to a limited range of...

    Blind White Duration
  • 1977
    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    01977HD

    A brilliantly constructed, melancholic ode to the passing of time by Malcolm Le Grice.

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment