Most Popular Richard Kerr Trailers
Total trailers found: 29
Plein Air Etude Trailer (1991)
02 January 1991
An ecstatic, kinetic formal study of light, colour, and movement shot in the region of the Montreal River which so inspired members of the Group of Seven.
snap, crack, pop…(less about meaning than being) Trailer (2014)
01 January 2014
With his project, snap,crack,pop...(less about meaning than being), for the FOFA Gallery vitrines, experimental filmmaker and Concordia University faculty member Richard Kerr will present several of his signature works from the series motion picture weavings as well as a new body of projections coupled with paint-based objects.
On Land Over Water (Six Stories) Trailer (1984)
01 January 1984
"In cinema one extracts the thought from the image; in literature the image from the thought" (Levinson).
human tragedy on a grand scale Trailer (1999)
01 January 1999
"human tragedy on a grand scale" is a response to "never confuse movement with action" and the struggle of dealing with the Hemingway family.
The Machine in the Garden Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Shot in Hi8 video using a high-speed shutter and a spinning turret camera mount, "Machine in the Garden" is inspired by, and an homage to, apparatus-oriented work such as D.
McLuhan Trailer (1993)
01 January 1993
In "McLuhan", Kerr recontextualizes a "question and answer period" for design students delivered by media theorist Marshall McLuhan at Sherdian College in 1975.
Pictures of Sound Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
Depicting the coastal islands outside Vancouver, 'Pictures of Sound' is an enigmatic landscape portrait caught by a stationary camera.
Hawkesville to Wallenstein Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
An impressionistic documentary about the Old Order Amish farmers in Waterloo County during the winter months.
Field Trip Trailer (2021)
01 January 2021
Field Trip is a travel diary on the American social landscape. The images consist of visual research for future film projects and were accumulated during my many location scouting trips to the United States between 1980 and 1995.
never confuse movement with action Trailer (1998)
01 September 1998
In September 1998, Kerr released "never confuse movement with action," a post-modern biography of Patrick Hemingway (a grandson of Ernest Hemingway).
Canal Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
The imagery of "Canal" captures the activity of freighters, ship's crews, dock workers and the historical masonry that the original Welland Canal was constructed from.
i was a strong man until i left home Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
A travelogue as catharsis, "i was a strong man until i left home" blends footage from several trips across North America, by plane, train and car.
Collage d’Hollywood Trailer (2003)
01 January 2003
An eight-minute work filmed on 35mm film, Collage d’Hollywood explores the materiality of the film medium in a literal way.
De Mouvement Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
As an extension of his INDUSTRIE/INDUSTRY project, Richard Kerr furthers his appropriation of feature film trailers, formally reconstructing their cinematic language.
T/ Demi-Monde Trailer (2014)
06 May 2014
35mm to digital video. 5:12:00 minute slide show of 160 digitized handmade 35mm slides.
Action: Study Trailer (2009)
03 February 2009
Shot in 1987 in high contrast 16mm, action : study marks the genesis of Kerr’s forays into a process he now refers to as ‘digital sketching’.
Cruel Rhythm Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Shot during the opening stages of the First Gulf War, Kerr's "Cruel Rhythm" revisits the American desert for a cinematic tone poem in the vein of 'The Last Days of Contrition' A canopy of sound bites of media coverage on the build-up toward the war is juxtaposed with the alienness of windmills in the desert, and a startling sequence of drifting faces of a crowd coming towards the camera in slow motion.
Morning ... Came a Day Early Trailer (2015)
05 October 2015
Morning...came a day early is a poetic study of mortality, based on found footage from the archives of the Nuefield Foundation for the History of Ideas, 1964.
Universe of Broken Parts Trailer (2007)
01 January 2007
Inspired by Beat Poet Ed Dorn's assertion that a poem is a 'document,' "Universe of Broken Parts" reflects Richard Kerr's interest in the poetics of image and sound.
Plein Air Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
This abstract travelogue flies just over the surface of the Canadian Shield in Northern Ontario. "Plein Air" is an engrossing sonic and visual trip and a continuation of Kerr's fascination with landscape cinema.
Vesta Lunch (Cookin' at the Vesta) Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
A continuous-take, cinema-verité study of Toronto's famous all-night diner. A film that studies the pulse of the after-hours urban environment, in real time.
The Last Days of Contrition Trailer (1988)
23 October 1988
“The Last Days of Contrition (35 minutes black and white 1988) is an exploration of the Canadian and American landscapes, and the relationship between the two.
the willing voyeur... Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
A photograph. Two blondes with a past on a train from Washington DC. Their destination is an abandoned train station, with body bags and kids running for their lives.
House Arrest Trailer (2012)
12 October 2012
House Arrest is at once literal, metaphorical, and phenomenological. It is a work that Kerr wants read as an open visual text.
