Malcolm Le Grice Movies

  • 1969
    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    Spot the Microdot

    61969HD

    This film was made by punching circular holes into fully opaque film stock and laying discs of colour film into some of the punched holes. Only the...

    Spot the Microdot
  • 1973
    Gross Fog

    Gross Fog

    Gross Fog

    01973HD

    Loops. "A four screen film projection onto four vertically placed screens, which span the gallery space from floor to ceiling. The wall surface is...

    Gross Fog
  • 2006
    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N

    02006HD

    A simple event becomes rhythmically complex through changes of speed and multiple superimposition. The title refers to the inevitable inclusion of...

    H2O-0C-24.02.06-12.01GMT - 03,50.40W - 50.16.30N
  • 1971
    Your Lips 3

    Your Lips 3

    Your Lips 3

    01971HD

    A re-worked version of Your Lips 1 with multiple colour superimpositions. Originally shown with a soundtrack from computer artist Alan Sutcliffe but...

    Your Lips 3
  • 1970
    Lucky Pigs

    Lucky Pigs

    Lucky Pigs

    01970HD

    Yes – just looping images of pigs on three screens with a tape sound track of a Chinese pop song.

    Lucky Pigs
  • 1995
    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    For the Benefit of Mr. K

    01995HD

    From the earliest point when I started to make film one of the biggest influence on my way of thinking came from Franz Kafka. In particular the...

    For the Benefit of Mr. K
  • 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
  • 1983
    Finnegan's Chin

    Finnegan's Chin

    Finnegan's Chin

    81983HD

    Directed by Malcolm le Grice.

    Finnegan's Chin
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1967
    Talla

    Talla

    Talla

    01967HD

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

    Talla
  • 1972
    Love Story 3

    Love Story 3

    Love Story 3

    01972HD

    A person walks backwards and forwards across two white screens casting a shadow, later his actual shadow is joined by pre-filmed shadows performing...

    Love Story 3
  • 1971
    Love Story 2

    Love Story 2

    Love Story 2

    01971HD

    Double projection. No images, only colour, first changing slowly in spectrum order, yellow, or red, purple, blue, green, yellow.. and in other...

    Love Story 2
  • 1977
    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)

    01977HD

    As the title indicates this is a deliberately academic work, conceived in much the same way that a composer might make a 'study'. It is not about a...

    Academic Still Life (Cézanne)
  • 2021
    Strontium

    Strontium

    Strontium

    02021HD

    The travelogue footage that appears here – the landscape rushing by, fragments of cityscapes, figures in cafes, forests, and beaches – is...

    Strontium
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1987
    Arbitrary Logic

    Arbitrary Logic

    Arbitrary Logic

    01987HD

    Arbitrary Logic, an interactive audio-visual synthesiser was first presented under the working title Osnabruk at the Osnabruk festival of 1987 and...

    Arbitrary Logic
  • 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
  • 1993
    Weir

    Weir

    Weir

    01993HD

    An encounter with a small man-made waterfall presented in a triptych format.

    Weir