Tom Chomont Movies

Two portraits paired, one warm, one cold.

Short video by Tom Chomont, features Robert Beavers and his mother during the filming of Pitcher of Colored Light. Consists of sections titled Bathed...

Video Art by Tom Chomont

Made in 1969. 1min. 16mm. Black and White

For R. B. and G. M. Filmed in Diesntis, Switzerland.

Flashing lights illuminate black faces and dark eyes, oscillating between darkness and inverted lightness.

"Panic Bodies is a 70-minute, six-part exploration of the ways we experience the body's betrayals: disease, decline and death. The film is a panorama...

The story of Jacob wrestling the angel at the stream called Jabbok.

"I would say that the films of Mike Kuchar interest me very much. Also, some footage by a young film-maker in Boston, Tom Chomont, his footage...

A film by Tom Chomont

Echoes in time of a lost moment.

One man shaves another in this highly charged erotic performance.

Short experimental film made in 1994.

“A portrait of Carla Liss, evoking the atmosphere of the old horror films we both loved.”

“I usually avoid the term ‘film poem,’ because it was overused in the ‘40s and ‘50s. But somehow it fits Phases of The...

Portrait studies of Mrs. Hodges, Gail Beavers (the filmmaker’s sister) and Gregory J. Markopoulos.

Made in 1990. Short experimental film.

A romantic and lyric study of a young friend and readings he encouraged, especially Mallarmé.

Made in 1997. Short experimental film.