James Whitney

James Whitney Trailers

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James Whitney was a filmmaker regarded as one of the great masters of abstract cinema. Several of his films are classics in the genre of visual music.

Most Popular James Whitney Trailers

Total trailers found: 12

Five Film Exercises: Film 2-3 Trailer (1944)

09 February 1944

Two short fragments resulting from experiments in controlling the mechanical development of the instrument.

Lapis Trailer (1966)

11 August 1966

James Whitney’s Lapis (1966) is a classic work of abstract cinema, a 10-minute animation that took three years to create using primitive computer equipment.

Five Film Exercises: Film 1 Trailer (1943)

21 December 1943

Begins with a three beat announcement drawn out in time which thereafter serves as a figure to divide the four sections.

Kang jing xiang Trailer (1982)

02 January 1982

Directed by James Whitney.

Five Film Exercises: Film 5 Trailer (1944)

31 July 1944

Opens with a short canonical statement of a theme upon which the entire film is constructed. The canon is repeated in contrasting variations by means of color.

Five Film Exercises: Film 4 Trailer (1944)

15 May 1944

The entire film is divided into four consecutive chosen approaches—the fourth section devoted to a reiteration and extension of the original material.

Dwija Trailer (1973)

01 October 1973

Dwija (1973), meaning “twice-born” or “soul” in Sanskrit. Completely solarized, its imagery is rear projected and re-photographed, to create a constant flow of hardly definable transformations of color and form.

High Voltage Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

High Voltage is constructed from footage James Whitney contributed to Belson for use in one of his Vortex concerts.

Wu ming Trailer (1977)

02 January 1977

Animated short directed by James Whitney.

Variations on a Circle Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

A film by James Whitney.

Yantra Trailer (1957)

01 January 1957

A visual poem of neutrons exploding and merging, with complex animation and colour effects made possible by the use of a computer.

24 Variations on a Theme Trailer (1940)

02 January 1940

First film by the Whitney brothers.