Stan VanDerBeek Movies

  • 1964
    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2

    01964HD

    Dream matrix, history written in lightning image, memory and the TV syntax, images flowing and fused together to other images and electronic tapestry...

    Newsreel of Dreams 1 & 2
  • 1959
    Dance of the Looney Spoons

    Dance of the Looney Spoons

    Dance of the Looney Spoons

    01959HD

    An animated and live action fantasy, the loop de loops of ten spoons, forks and tableware ... a parable in the shape of a soup spoon ... conceived as...

    Dance of the Looney Spoons
  • 1970
    Poem Field No. 8

    Poem Field No. 8

    Poem Field No. 8

    01970HD

    Poem Field No. 8 is an computer-animated short made in the Beflix programming language.

    Poem Field No. 8
  • 1983
    Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie

    Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie

    Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie

    01983HD

    In Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie, VanDerBeek and artist Sonia Sheridan assemble a pastiche of images of Ronald Reagan, metamorphosed...

    Sonia and Stan Paint a Portrait of Ronnie
  • 1983
    Reeling in TV Time

    Reeling in TV Time

    Reeling in TV Time

    01983HD

    In Reeling in TV Time, VanDerBeek experiments with imaging capabilities and early computer graphics.

    Reeling in TV Time
  • 1963
    Summit

    Summit

    Summit

    01963HD

    World leaders at the crossroads.

    Summit
  • 1965
    Facescapes

    Facescapes

    Facescapes

    01965HD

    Facescapes
  • 1966
    Movie-Drome

    Movie-Drome

    Movie-Drome

    01966HD

    Influenced by Buckminster Fuller’s spheres, VanDerBeek had the idea for a spherical theater where people would lie down and experience movies...

    Movie-Drome
  • 1968
    Superimposition

    Superimposition

    Superimposition

    01968HD

    Similes of a slippery TV tube gesticulate break and supply – a long view of multiple images (Mr. Johnson's war, is it Howard Johnson's or...

    Superimposition
  • 1966
    Vision III

    Vision III

    Vision III

    01966HD

    16mm film transferred to video, black and white, silent

    Vision III
  • 1981
    Face Concert

    Face Concert

    Face Concert

    01981HD

    Face Concert is an ode to human expression in which VanDerBeek transforms the face into a visual canvas.

    Face Concert
  • 1967
    Panels for the Walls of the World

    Panels for the Walls of the World

    Panels for the Walls of the World

    01967HD

    A short by Stan Vanderbeek.

    Panels for the Walls of the World