Amy Halpern Filmes

A short sweet film concerning torture. For Lynda Gudde.

Endangered animals on an endangered medium. A heartbeat 4/4 Slow cinema, with a sex scene.

My mother, now 94. Filmed more than 30 years ago. (Amy Halpern)

Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves. (Amy Halpern)

Ancient alchemists believed that salamanders can be reborn from fire, like the phoenix or Christ. They do not survive fire, nor extreme dryness. And...

Literally, a glance. A dedication; my emissary. –A. C. H.

1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water.

“Trying to get in, trying to get out. Encounters from the plague year.”

What can I say about a private letter?

A private toast. Inspired by a random encounter with this Wikipedia entry, while looking up “Chabrol, Claude” for a full listing of...

With Asha Wilson and Joyce Campbell.

By Halves uses appropriated footage from rejected 35mm prints that were cut in half and readjusted to be used as spacers for 16mm to sync sound...

with Arwa Ibrahim 1 - Detention 2 - Hollywood Hills 3 - Reptile 4 - Bestiary 5 - Abstract and Concrete 6 - Doorway Occupation 7 - Sideways