Still Raining, Still Dreaming

Believe it or not, esoteric film sages, i.e., Phil Solomon, are open to the possibilities of working with video — and even video games. This is a film that takes images from the notorious wanton car-jacking shoot-em-up Grand Theft Auto video game.

The Emblazoned Apparitions

An alchemically treated lullaby to the end of cinema, featuring Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

Remains to Be Seen

Solomon uses chemical and optical treatments to coat the film with a limpid membrane of swimming crystals, coagulating into silver recall, then dissolving.

The Exquisite Hour

Half lullaby for the dead, half lamentation on the twilight of the cinema.

Last Days in a Lonely Place

The virtual landscapes of a video game are transformed into an existential tale of solemn beauty.

Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour

A little nachtmusick, a deep blue overture to the series. Breathing in the cool night airs, breathing out a children's song; then whispering a prayer for a night of easeful sleep. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

What’s Out Tonight Is Lost

Adopting its title from a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay, What’s Out Tonight Is Lost is an elegiac film sifting through the unrecoverable. The film is a reflecting pool where vision breaks up. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.