Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 1973
    Pre-Production

    Pre-Production

    Pre-Production

    01973HD

    Illuminated by two blank screens projected from empty slides, four performers read texts drawn from the history of cinema – a dictionary of...

    Pre-Production
  • 1968
    Wharf

    Wharf

    Wharf

    01968HD

    Originally the work was presented as a pre-ordered sequence of 35mm slides showing two unknown people walking around the wall of a sea-side swimming...

    Wharf
  • 1967
    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not

    01967HD

    A double projection of images of lapping water and the Battersea Power Station all transformed by negative positive superimposition creating a moving...

    Yes No Maybe Maybe Not
  • 2020
    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    Dark Trees

    02020HD

    Dark Trees starts with a view from a window in silhouette through which one sees a garden, tall trees, rooftops and the sea. This scene orientates...

    Dark Trees
  • 1998
    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman

    01998HD

    An allegory for the passage from being alive to being dead. The cyclops is the one-eyed father - the one-eyed king in the land of the blind - the...

    Even a Cyclops Pays the Ferryman
  • 1965
    China Tea

    China Tea

    China Tea

    01965HD

    Shot with two 8mm cameras then projected side by side accompanied by an audio tape of "prepared piano".

    China Tea
  • 1984
    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    Digital Still Life

    01984HD

    A single performance made at the National Film Theatre against a blank screen – the performer twice leaves the stage on one side, exits the...

    Digital Still Life
  • 1975
    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    01975HD

    Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is simultaneously perceived from four different camera positions in a work which engages with the pro-filmic in...

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre
  • 1983
    Finnegan's Chin

    Finnegan's Chin

    Finnegan's Chin

    81983HD

    Directed by Malcolm le Grice.

    Finnegan's Chin
  • 2001
    Neither Here Nor There

    Neither Here Nor There

    Neither Here Nor There

    02001HD

    Osama Bin Laden – Britain and the USA in Iraq as through television reportage – camera only inches from the screen

    Neither Here Nor There
  • 2010
    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    Absinthe

    02010HD

    In October 2009 I did a show in Prague. I returned to the Kafka house of my ‘Benefit of Mr K’ but found the whole street and Castle area...

    Absinthe
  • 2004
    Digital Aberration

    Digital Aberration

    Digital Aberration

    02004HD

    Every cheap visual effect in the editing package and a sound track made with free software from a corn-flakes packet.

    Digital Aberration
  • 1967
    Little Dog for Roger

    Little Dog for Roger

    Little Dog for Roger

    81967HD

    A nostalgic exploration, comprising fragments of reworked 9.5mm home movie footage. The deterioration of the original film, like memories,...

    Little Dog for Roger
  • 1979
    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    Emily - Third Party Speculation

    61979HD

    Emily - Third Party Speculation is the second of a ‘domestic trilogy’ exploring the relationship between the restricted camera viewpoint...

    Emily - Third Party Speculation
  • 1995
    Chronos Fragmented

    Chronos Fragmented

    Chronos Fragmented

    01995HD

    A video work based on video8 and hi8 material shot over six years. Chronos is the Titian – the time god who rules the universe – the flux...

    Chronos Fragmented
  • 2006
    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    Again Finnegan

    02006HD

    Originally shot as part of Finnegan’s Chin, this sequence is re-edited as a portrait of performer Jack Murray. It continues the fascination of...

    Again Finnegan
  • 1967
    Talla

    Talla

    Talla

    01967HD

    Rocky, granite outcrops, a derelict quarry-worker and Dartmoor prison.

    Talla
  • 2008
    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure

    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure

    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure

    02008HD

    Self Portrait looks for an approach to a specific relationship between the duration of a work and material conditions in the projection as did...

    Self Portrait After Raban Take Measure
  • 2008
    After Monet Water Lilies

    After Monet Water Lilies

    After Monet Water Lilies

    02008HD

    "My experience of Monet’s large-scale panoramic paintings of his water lily garden when I was about 14 years old became a crucial artistic...

    After Monet Water Lilies
  • 1977
    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment

    01977HD

    A brilliantly constructed, melancholic ode to the passing of time by Malcolm Le Grice.

    Blackbird Descending - Tense Alignment