
10 Nov 1997

Ten Minutes of Silence
The mute documentary-experimental film "Ten Minutes of Silence" is a film expression of the trends embodied in the painting "Black Square" by Malevich and J. Cage in music.
At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned. "S. Brakhage, entering, WITH HIS CAMERA, one of the forbidden, terrific locations of our culture, the autopsy room. It is a place wherein, inversely, life is cherished, for it exists to affirm that no one of us may die without our knowing exactly why. All of us, in the person of the coroner, must see that, for ourselves, with our own eyes. It is a room full of appalling particular intimacies, the last ditch of individuation. Here our vague nightmare of mortality acquires the names and faces of OTHERS. This last is a process that requires a WITNESS; and what 'idea' may finally have inserted itself into the sensible world we can still scarcely guess, for the CAMERA would seem the perfect Eidetic Witness, staring with perfect compassion where we can scarcely bear to glance." – Hollis Frampton
10 Nov 1997
The mute documentary-experimental film "Ten Minutes of Silence" is a film expression of the trends embodied in the painting "Black Square" by Malevich and J. Cage in music.
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American Indians dancing.
05 Sep 1896
Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau : II. - Le voile tombe (Lyon républicain, 4 octobre 1896)”. (catalogue-lumiere.com)
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Shot of Venice from the Canal.
28 Oct 1897
African men dance, sing and play instruments.
03 Feb 1901
An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)
21 Feb 1900
Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.
01 Jan 1966
Andy directs Lou Reed drinking a Coke.
08 Mar 1896
A steamboat coming to port.
15 Aug 1896
Teasing tigers with meat.
25 Apr 1896
Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.
16 May 1897
A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.
28 Oct 1905
A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely shot in 1897 but not screened in France until the 10th of December 1899.
13 Mar 1898
Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.
20 Sep 1896
A view of the Ferris wheel from the Chicago Exposition of 1893, turning slowly.
28 Sep 1896
A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscription "Sunlight Soap" in the foreground.
18 Apr 1897
A man trots around on a horse for the camera.