Joyce Wieland Movies

  • 1972
    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

    Pierre Vallières

    21972HD

    We do not actually see Pierre Vallieres, we see only his lips, his teeth, as he talks in French. English subtitles translate what he says. He speaks...

    Pierre Vallières
  • 1963
    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    Larry's Recent Behaviour

    3.71963HD

    One of Joyce Wieland's earliest works, shot in 8mm and finally blown-up to 16mm, “Larry’s Recent Behaviour” has been described by...

    Larry's Recent Behaviour
  • 1964
    Patriotism

    Patriotism

    Patriotism

    41964HD

    Patriotism, Part One depicts an army of phallic, bun-clad wieners marching on a vulnerable sleeping white male body, naked save for a sheet.

    Patriotism
  • 1964
    Patriotism Part II

    Patriotism Part II

    Patriotism Part II

    41964HD

    In a way a portrait of Dave Shackman with the American flag. The ending is a stop-motion animation of a set table with food moving and swirling and...

    Patriotism Part II
  • 1965
    Water Sark

    Water Sark

    Water Sark

    5.11965HD

    "I decided to make a film at my kitchen table, there is nothing like knowing my table. The high art of the housewife. You take prisms, glass, lights...

    Water Sark
  • 1967
    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    01967HD

    "The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

    Bill's Hat
  • 1968
    Rat Life and Diet in North America

    Rat Life and Diet in North America

    Rat Life and Diet in North America

    5.61968HD

    “This film is against the corporate military industrial structure of global village.”

    Rat Life and Diet in North America
  • 1968
    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

    The Mammal Palace

    81968HD

    The movie takes a rather negative look at things despite the fact that it was shot in reversal film. It depicts the turbulent relationships of...

    The Mammal Palace
  • 1966
    The Sky Socialist

    The Sky Socialist

    The Sky Socialist

    01966HD

    Ken Jacobs’s most elusive and mysterious film is at once an allegory of movie-making, a demonstration of 8mm versatility, and a celebration of...

    The Sky Socialist
  • 1964
    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    Peggy's Blue Skylight

    3.71964HD

    Filmed in Joyce Wieland and Michael Snow’s loft in New York, the film covers a day of friends visiting, writing and drawing from noon of one...

    Peggy's Blue Skylight
  • 1967
    1933

    1933

    1933

    3.31967HD

    The film 1933 made between 1967 and 1968 offers a street scene shot in New York City in the late 1960s from a loft window on the second floor.

    1933
  • 1985
    Motel Capri

    Motel Capri

    Motel Capri

    91985HD

    Mother Superior commits murder to save a soul from eternal damnation. Motel Capri was original material improvised as we went along. Scenes were...

    Motel Capri
  • 1986
    Birds at Sunrise

    Birds at Sunrise

    Birds at Sunrise

    4.31986HD

    "The film [Birds at Sunrise] was originally photographed in 1972. Birds from my window were filmed during the winter, through to the spring, with the...

    Birds at Sunrise
  • 1965
    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

    Barbara’s Blindness

    51965HD

    Constructed from found and stock footage, Barbara’s Blindness is a meditation on vision and adversity, drawing humour and pathos from a...

    Barbara’s Blindness
  • 1968
    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    Knocturne

    91968HD

    The rising moon is the main theme in this short movie of three people and an animal going about their nocturnal rituals. This movie is evidently part...

    Knocturne