Anne Charlotte Robertson Movies
- 1997
Five-Year Diary
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Influenced by filmmakers as diverse as Ed Pincus and Carolee Schneemann, Anne Charlotte Robertson was a Boston area Super 8 filmmaker who examined...
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- 1982
Five Year Diary, Reel 9: Happy Birthday ’33 (March 17–27, 1982)
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Pixilation. Sleeping, cooking, resolving to quit smoking. (Liz Coffey)
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- 1990
Apologies
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Short film of filmmaker Anne Charlotte Robertson apologizing to the camera for everything-- From drinking non-organic coffee, to returning her camera...
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- 1979
Suicide
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"I made a film about suicide illustrating some of the ways I thought I’d kill myself, and literally edited it in about an hour and a half and...
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- 1994
Five Year Diary, Reel 80: Emily Died (May 14–September 26, 1994)
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Anne’s niece Emily dies. Anne goes into a deep depression.
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- 1995
Five Year Diary, Reel 81: Mourning Emily (September 27, 1994–January 29, 1995)
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Anne mourns the death of her young niece, Emily. (Liz Coffey)
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- 1984
Depression Focus Please
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“Intended as a longer film, this proved sufficient to vignette the nuances of my sadness.” -Anne Charlotte Robertson
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- 1976
Spirit of '76 (Self-portrait)
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An early work of Anne Charlotte Robertson, where "the sharp self-scrutiny, off-beat humor, and obsessive attention to details and textures that come...
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- 1997
Five Year Diary, Reel 83: Untitled (December 24, 1995–March 18, 1997)
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It’s been 16 years, and finally the Diary ends, an unintended ending that visits familiar territory.
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- 1984
Five Year Diary, Reel 40: Visiting Grandmother ‘84, Wyoming (July 17–August 26, 1984)
Five Year Diary, Reel 40: Visiting Grandmother ‘84, Wyoming (July 17–August 26, 1984)01984HD
Anne travels west with her camera to visit family. (Liz Coffey)
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- 1989
Sign of Jesus is the Fish
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Super 8mm. Colour. Sound.
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- 1988
Five Year Diary, Reel 65: Big Show in New York City (September 26–November 26, 1988)
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- 1984
Five Year Diary, Reel 39: Yet Another Breakdown (May 19–July 17, 1984)
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- 1987
Five Year Diary, Reel 54: Still Mourning My Dear Friend Cat (July 4–October 5, 1987)
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- 1989
Five Year Diary, Reel 67: So Much Doctor Who (March 7–June 4, 1989)
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- 1983
Five Year Diary, Reel 26: First Semester Graduate School (February 28–May 20, 1983)
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Two years into the Diary, Anne began graduate school at Massachusetts College of Art. Reel 26 was shot silently; the soundtrack is an audio recording...
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- 1983
Magazine Mouth
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Among Robertson’s most accomplished animated works is this collage film inspired by her struggles with binge eating and obsessive magazine...
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- 1986
Five Year Diary, Reel 47: I Thought the Film Would End (October 21–November 2, 1986)
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The would-be penultimate Diary reel. Anne ruminates about the upcoming end of the Diary – and mourns it, of course. Familiar themes of Dr Who,...
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- 1989
Five Year Diary, Reel 66: Hanukah, Christmas ’88, New Year ’89 (November 26, 1988–March 7, 1989)
Five Year Diary, Reel 66: Hanukah, Christmas ’88, New Year ’89 (November 26, 1988–March 7, 1989)01989HD
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- 1994
Melon Patches, or Reasons to Go On Living
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One of Robertson’s most life-affirming films, shot entirely within one of her beloved community garden plots, using the asynchronous sound...
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