Most Popular David E. Perry Trailers
Total trailers found: 21
Rubbish Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
A young boy creates a world of puppet friends using pieces of rubbish found in the street.
Tobias Icarus Age Four Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
An intimate portrait of a son by a mother set to the boisterously pop Batman theme song.
Bolero Trailer (1967)
28 December 1967
A minimalist exercise described by Thoms as ‘observing the effect of movement on perception within the framework of Ravel’s music’.
The Spurt of Blood Trailer (1965)
02 July 1965
Made for inclusion in a student theatrical production at the University of Sydney, this film was based on an allegorical play by Antonin Artaud.
Poem 25 Trailer (1965)
02 July 1965
In this film, David Perry scratched onto celluloid the numbers of a poem by Kurt Schwitters, which were projected beside the actor reciting it.
David Perry Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
In this kinetic tribute to his Ubu Films collaborator Perry, Thoms combined tests and offcuts from early films with film fragments found on Perry’s editing room at ABC-TV.
The Film Trailer (1967)
26 February 1967
“The film was made spontaneously one afternoon in 1966. When a few friends got together... We were all in love with the film medium.
A Sketch on Abigayl’s Belly Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
Photographer and filmmaker Perry’s concise film-poem uses graphic matches (grapefruits, balloons and bubbles) to convey anxieties about fatherhood.
Album Trailer (1970)
14 September 1970
In this short self-portrait, Ubu Films co-founder Perry mines his archive of family photographs, home videos and exhibited 16mm film to fast-forward, reverse and freeze-frame narratives and reminiscences.
Swansong in Birdland Trailer (1964)
01 March 1964
An animated film using simplified and abstract forms, symbolising nuclear warfare.
Harbour Trailer (1967)
01 January 1967
Records the backwaters and docklands of Sydney Harbour accompanying a young woman with a red umbrella.
The Refracting Glasses Trailer (1993)
16 November 1993
Constant Malernik, artist and filmmaker, is obsessed by the history of the Russian revolution. He makes images in homage to artists of the twentieth century, especially the constructivist V.
Better to Reign in Hell Trailer (1969)
27 February 1969
'A youth is persecuted by the haunting reappearance of a girl's image in various commercial outlets. He finds escape from this commercial brainwashing only in his own confused sexual hallucination.
The Little Sheriff Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
A young boy with such little to do, wanders around Sydney playing sheriff with his toy gun. However, this state of monotony takes a sudden turn when he encounters a group of older boys.
Adam Trailer (1976)
15 October 1976
Adam is a factory worker. He falls in love with Chris, a slightly older man. Instead of strengthening his own identity, Adam is unable to cope with his sexuality and suffers a nervous breakdown.
Confirmation Trailer (1977)
29 April 1977
Concerns a young boy's mystical experiences during his Confirmation. As the ceremony unfolds, figures from religion and mythology appear and impress on him the need to become a soldier of Christ.
