R. Bruce Elder Movies

  • 1970
    Alone (All Flesh Shall See It Together)

    Alone (All Flesh Shall See It Together)

    Alone (All Flesh Shall See It Together)

    01970HD

    Alone (All Flesh Shall See It Together)
  • 2003
    Eros and Wonder

    Eros and Wonder

    Eros and Wonder

    02003HD

    A hybrid of analogue and digital techniques in which chemical transformations of the image are combined with electrical modifications to produce a...

    Eros and Wonder
  • 1977
    Unremitting Tenderness

    Unremitting Tenderness

    Unremitting Tenderness

    01977HD

    Using optical printing techniques with unusual color processing effects, Unremitting Tenderness offers a series of transformations of a dance...

    Unremitting Tenderness
  • 1980
    Trace

    Trace

    Trace

    01980HD

    The memory of a nearly perfect evening.

    Trace
  • 1993
    Exultations: In Light of the Great Giving

    Exultations: In Light of the Great Giving

    Exultations: In Light of the Great Giving

    01993HD

    The titular film of region three of Elder's Book of All the Dead

    Exultations: In Light of the Great Giving
  • 1978
    She Is Away

    She Is Away

    She Is Away

    01978HD

    "evokes absence through elliptical continuity and loneliness through the repetition of ... archetypal images" Ian Birnie

    She Is Away
  • 1992
    Azure Serene

    Azure Serene

    Azure Serene

    01992HD

    "Inspired by the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Louis Zukofsky and Ezra Pound ... Elder's latest film .. is a visually lush collage," and "ironic...

    Azure Serene
  • 1976
    Barbara is a Vision of Loveliness

    Barbara is a Vision of Loveliness

    Barbara is a Vision of Loveliness

    01976HD

    The optical manipulation of tone, shape, line and movement creates a purely cinematic choreography.

    Barbara is a Vision of Loveliness
  • 1991
    Newton and Me

    Newton and Me

    Newton and Me

    01991HD

    Newton was the greatest of all the natural magicians, learned in matters musical, theological and in Apocalyptic literature. He believed bodies were...

    Newton and Me
  • 1978
    Look! We Have Come Through!

    Look! We Have Come Through!

    Look! We Have Come Through!

    01978HD

    "a revelation of the editing process ... done with remarkable care and precision ... The interrelationship between moving body and moving camera is...

    Look! We Have Come Through!
  • 1990
    Flesh Angels

    Flesh Angels

    Flesh Angels

    01990HD

    "A beatific vision of the imaginary landscape of paradise, inspired by the poetry of ... Blake." Pacific Cinematheque

    Flesh Angels
  • 1988
    Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 1: The Fugitive Gods

    Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 1: The Fugitive Gods

    Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 1: The Fugitive Gods

    01988HD

    "Elder's most philosophical film ... subtly woven connections ... proceed under a contemplative regime" that "solicits the memories of the whole...

    Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 1: The Fugitive Gods
  • 1976
    Permutations and Combinations

    Permutations and Combinations

    Permutations and Combinations

    01976HD

    A close container for chance elements. Together with She Is Away, makes apparent some features of the material form of which the entire cycle would...

    Permutations and Combinations
  • 1978
    Breath/Light/Birth

    Breath/Light/Birth

    Breath/Light/Birth

    01978HD

    Video transformations of documentary footage of a woman giving birth, assisted by members of a religious commune. Isolation confronts the communal,...

    Breath/Light/Birth