Albie Thoms Movies

  • 2022
    Senses of Cinema

    Senses of Cinema

    Senses of Cinema

    02022HD

    As notions of civil rights transformed across the world, so was the screen landscape reformed by the ascension of grassroots film movements seeking...

    Senses of Cinema
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1980
    Palm Beach

    Palm Beach

    Palm Beach

    11980HD

    The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney over two days.

    Palm Beach
  • 1967
    The Film

    The Film

    The Film

    01967HD

    “The film was made spontaneously one afternoon in 1966. When a few friends got together... We were all in love with the film medium...”...

    The Film
  • 1966
    Blunderball, or from Dr. Nofinger with Hate

    Blunderball, or from Dr. Nofinger with Hate

    Blunderball, or from Dr. Nofinger with Hate

    01966HD

    A spoof of the early James Bond films and Ian Fleming universe from Australia. Bumbling overweight Aussie secret service agent Jim Bond alias Agent...

    Blunderball, or from Dr. Nofinger with Hate
  • 1973
    Sunshine City

    Sunshine City

    Sunshine City

    01973HD

    SUNSHINE CITY is Albie Thom’s sprawling, protoplasmic experimental portrait of his hometown of Sydney. The National Film and Sound Archive of...

    Sunshine City
  • 1967
    Bolero

    Bolero

    Bolero

    01967HD

    A minimalist exercise described by Thoms as ‘observing the effect of movement on perception within the framework of Ravel’s music’.

    Bolero
  • 1967
    Bluto

    Bluto

    Bluto

    01967HD

    Thoms dedicated three months and a toolkit of pins, razor blades and scalpels to create the rich, abstract surface texture in Bluto. The result,...

    Bluto
  • 1968
    David Perry

    David Perry

    David Perry

    01968HD

    In this kinetic tribute to his Ubu Films collaborator Perry, Thoms combined tests and offcuts from early films with film fragments found on...

    David Perry
  • 1969
    Marinetti

    Marinetti

    Marinetti

    6.81969HD

    Albie Thoms' Marinetti was the culmination of the synthetic environments that the UBU group had pioneered in Australia; festive public 'happenings'...

    Marinetti
  • 1965
    The Spurt of Blood

    The Spurt of Blood

    The Spurt of Blood

    01965HD

    Made for inclusion in a student theatrical production at the University of Sydney, this film was based on an allegorical play by Antonin Artaud.

    The Spurt of Blood
  • 1967
    Moon Virility

    Moon Virility

    Moon Virility

    01967HD

    In Moon virility, Thoms drew on clear stock and added a ‘found’ soundtrack.

    Moon Virility
  • 1965
    Poem 25

    Poem 25

    Poem 25

    01965HD

    In this film, David Perry scratched onto celluloid the numbers of a poem by Kurt Schwitters, which were projected beside the actor reciting it.

    Poem 25
  • 1966
    Rita and Dundi

    Rita and Dundi

    Rita and Dundi

    51966HD

    This experimental documentary about two young Paddington dress-makers was banned for nudity, but was screened widely in Australia without complaint.

    Rita and Dundi
  • 1995
    Akai Ghost Poems

    Akai Ghost Poems

    Akai Ghost Poems

    01995HD

    A compilation of video footage from the Yellow House, Potts Point, Sydney, July 1971.

    Akai Ghost Poems
  • 1968
    Tobias Icarus Age Four

    Tobias Icarus Age Four

    Tobias Icarus Age Four

    01968HD

    An intimate portrait of a son by a mother set to the boisterously pop Batman theme song.

    Tobias Icarus Age Four
  • 1966
    Man and His World

    Man and His World

    Man and His World

    01966HD

    A one-second explosion of a plastic head filled with milk is reversed, stretched to 50 seconds in length and overlaid with a split screen...

    Man and His World