Hypnotic Pictures Movies

  • 2017
    Dawson City: Frozen Time

    Dawson City: Frozen Time

    Dawson City: Frozen Time

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    The true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a...

    Dawson City: Frozen Time
  • 2021
    The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

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    Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective...

    The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
  • 2005
    Outerborough

    Outerborough

    Outerborough

    6.62005HD

    In 1899, a photographer at American Mutoscope & Biograph mounted his camera on the front of a trolley traveling over the Brooklyn Bridge. The three...

    Outerborough
  • 2003
    The Mesmerist

    The Mesmerist

    The Mesmerist

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    Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of...

    The Mesmerist
  • 2002
    Decasia: The State of Decay

    Decasia: The State of Decay

    Decasia: The State of Decay

    6.42002HD

    A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.

    Decasia: The State of Decay
  • 2000
    Ghost Trip

    Ghost Trip

    Ghost Trip

    4.92000HD

    Singer-songwriter Slink Moss plays the mysterious driver of a Cadillac hearse who journeys across America to pick up and drop off a hitchhiker to his...

    Ghost Trip
  • 2024
    Incident

    Incident

    Incident

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    Chicago, 2018. A man is killed by police on the street. Through a composite montage of images from surveillance and security footage as well as...

    Incident
  • 2021
    let me come in

    let me come in

    let me come in

    6.52021HD

    Bill Morrison’s experimental short features decayed film reels from the lost, German silent film Pawns of Passion (1928).

    let me come in
  • 2016
    The Dockworker's Dream

    The Dockworker's Dream

    The Dockworker's Dream

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    Drawing from Portugal’s rich heritage of shipping, trade, and exploration, “The Dockworker's Dream” takes the viewer on a journey...

    The Dockworker's Dream
  • 2021
    Buried News

    Buried News

    Buried News

    02021HD

    Frequent Kronos collaborator Bill Morrison uses rare, early-20th century news footage to uncover ways that narratives about race have been used in...

    Buried News
  • 2021
    Her Violet Kiss

    Her Violet Kiss

    Her Violet Kiss

    02021HD

    A woman attends a party where she is observed by and finally meets a mysterious guest.

    Her Violet Kiss