Paolo Gioli Movies

  • 1979
    The Perforated Cameraman

    The Perforated Cameraman

    The Perforated Cameraman

    61979HD

    In L’operatore perforato (1979) that plump sprocket hole comes into its own. It multiplies like a virus, riding serenely on the surface, nearly...

    The Perforated Cameraman
  • 1973
    Futurist Europe

    Futurist Europe

    Futurist Europe

    01973HD

    Pier Farri's Futurist Europe focuses on Futurism as the first avant-garde film movement in history.

    Futurist Europe
  • 1989
    Pinhole Film (The Man Without a Movie Camera)

    Pinhole Film (The Man Without a Movie Camera)

    Pinhole Film (The Man Without a Movie Camera)

    61989HD

    Film made with a tiny pinhole camera and 16mm film.

    Pinhole Film (The Man Without a Movie Camera)
  • 2002
    Volto telato

    Volto telato

    Volto telato

    02002HD

    This digital video arose from the idea of trying to transfer to film all the photographic images I had created with the so-called...

    Volto telato
  • 2014
    Land's Red

    Land's Red

    Land's Red

    02014HD

    Paolo Gioli's cinematic verification of Edwin H. Land's experiment in color perception.

    Land's Red
  • 1969
    Tracce di tracce

    Tracce di tracce

    Tracce di tracce

    01969HD

    Executed and printed with two hands, that is to say, made using all possible means of imprinting the right and arm freshly applied ink, sand paper,...

    Tracce di tracce
  • 2009
    I volti dell’Anonimo

    I volti dell’Anonimo

    I volti dell’Anonimo

    02009HD

    "Faces and figures found on reels of film by an unknown artist from the first few years of the 20th century. I fed the images through what was...

    I volti dell’Anonimo
  • 1973
    Cineforon

    Cineforon

    Cineforon

    01973HD

    A filmic homage to the German mime Helfrid Foron, a student of Etienne Decroux who worked with acrobats and tight-rope walkers. He frequently...

    Cineforon
  • 2012
    When Faces Touch

    When Faces Touch

    When Faces Touch

    02012HD

    A reflection on the material, on the filmic support. Strips of figures wander, fluxuate in the whirling kinetic rhythms imposed on them. These faces,...

    When Faces Touch
  • 1969
    Commutations with Mutations

    Commutations with Mutations

    Commutations with Mutations

    51969HD

    Composed using three different formats, that have been made to co-exist: super-8, 16mm, and 35mm on a single 16mm support, clear leader. The...

    Commutations with Mutations
  • 1972
    Of Diving and of Drowning

    Of Diving and of Drowning

    Of Diving and of Drowning

    5.51972HD

    The film relates the beliefs the author held for a certain time concerning water and diving into it. It all begins with a dive and with a whirlpool...

    Of Diving and of Drowning
  • 1984
    The Graven Face

    The Graven Face

    The Graven Face

    01984HD

    Realized on the occasion of one of my photographic exhibitions of the same title dedicated to the Etruscans of Volterra. I intended to bring alive...

    The Graven Face
  • 1994
    Images Overtaken by the Wheel of Duchamp

    Images Overtaken by the Wheel of Duchamp

    Images Overtaken by the Wheel of Duchamp

    51994HD

    "Duchamp is certainly as complex as Joyce and to do something about him, I tried to dedicate to him this small film poem, using only a few images of...

    Images Overtaken by the Wheel of Duchamp
  • 1986
    Filmfinish

    Filmfinish

    Filmfinish

    51986HD

    This film was constructed using the so-called “photo-finish” technique employed in sporting events. The same principle was applied,...

    Filmfinish
  • 1984
    The Naked Killer

    The Naked Killer

    The Naked Killer

    01984HD

    It is known that Muybridge was at the same time a great photographer and a killer, executioner of his wife’s lover and that into his own...

    The Naked Killer
  • 2012
    When Bodies Touch

    When Bodies Touch

    When Bodies Touch

    02012HD

    A reflection on the material, on the filmic support. Strips of figures wander, fluxuate in the whirling kinetic rhythms imposed on them. These faces,...

    When Bodies Touch
  • 1989
    When the Eye Quakes

    When the Eye Quakes

    When the Eye Quakes

    61989HD

    It all started with the notorious Buñuelian sliced eyeball, that surprises us every time. The eye of an ox, but still it's the eye of a woman!...

    When the Eye Quakes
  • 1995
    Face Caught in the Dark

    Face Caught in the Dark

    Face Caught in the Dark

    01995HD

    From old plates of an anonymous photographer who worked in the 50s, I extracted this impossible film (plates that had contributed to the composition...

    Face Caught in the Dark
  • 1972
    According to My Glass Eye

    According to My Glass Eye

    According to My Glass Eye

    5.61972HD

    To split the visual realm in two: one is permeated with a schizo-imaginific detour, the second vibrates in a collateral contrast. When the split...

    According to My Glass Eye
  • 1972
    A come Alice

    A come Alice

    A come Alice

    01972HD

    A come Alice