Ernst Schmidt Jr. Movies

  • 1977
    12 Uhr Mittags - High Noon

    12 Uhr Mittags - High Noon

    12 Uhr Mittags - High Noon

    01977HD

    A person sticks it out for 24 hours in front of the camera. Every ten minutes a short clip was recorded, 8 frames per second (which is then projected...

    12 Uhr Mittags - High Noon
  • 1977
    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

    The Merry Widow

    01977HD

    Through the use of a time lapse effect (single frame shots), the changes in a face covered with a cream cheese mask for 30 minutes are condensed into...

    The Merry Widow
  • 1968
    Cheers

    Cheers

    Cheers

    01968HD

    This is a film with minimal content. Using a film pen, a line was drawn across a strip of clear leader, until it hit the edge of the frame...

    Cheers
  • 1968
    Snip, Snip

    Snip, Snip

    Snip, Snip

    01968HD

    This film has two parts. In the first part, the film material is on 8mm uncut film, so that in the 16mm projection a 4-fold film can be seen. In the...

    Snip, Snip
  • 1967
    Red-White-Red

    Red-White-Red

    Red-White-Red

    01967HD

    The formal deconstruction of an Austrian tourist advertisement sign. The national colors red white and red have been removed, filmed separately. In...

    Red-White-Red
  • 1967
    Color Film

    Color Film

    Color Film

    01967HD

    In this film the goal of destroying film semantics has been consistently followed though. Part of the film is composed of a seemingly collision of...

    Color Film
  • 1975
    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]

    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]

    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]

    01975HD

    Filming and calling the result a diary is literary. It is filmic to write a film diary and have this writing scroll by as film.

    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]
  • 1966
    P.R.A.T.E.R.

    P.R.A.T.E.R.

    P.R.A.T.E.R.

    01966HD

    With P.R.A.T.E.R. Schmidt turned his attention to the place where, once, the medium first came into existence (the Prater is P.R.A.T.E.R. is marked...

    P.R.A.T.E.R.
  • 1974
    A Subhistory of Film

    A Subhistory of Film

    A Subhistory of Film

    01974HD

    All of the photos in Eine Subgeschichte des Films (A Sub-history of Film) by Scheugl/Schmidt (Suhrkamp edition 471) one after another, cut inside in...

    A Subhistory of Film
  • 1971
    Film Alphabet

    Film Alphabet

    Film Alphabet

    01971HD

    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ - each letter is one frame (1/24 of a second) long and each letter originates from a company sign. The film shows the...

    Film Alphabet
  • 1966
    Film Scraps

    Film Scraps

    Film Scraps

    01966HD

    Material actions: Otto Muehl. Montage of left-over film material from film scraps, amateur films, film leaders, recordings of material happenings,...

    Film Scraps
  • 1965
    Stones

    Stones

    Stones

    01965HD

    Steine (Stones) is a documentary film on a sculptorsŽ symposium in St. Margarethen, Burgenland. Behind this short description of content lies...

    Stones
  • 1993
    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

    01993HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
  • 1987
    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    01987HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1