From the Notebook of...

★ 6.3 1972 48m HD

Shot in Florence, the film draws on Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and Paul Valéry’s essay on da Vinci’s creative process to explore parallels between Renaissance space and the moving image. Beavers employs rapid pans and tilts along the city’s facades, interspersed with glimpses of his own face, linking camera movement to the filmmaker’s investigative gaze. The work marks a turning point in his practice, foregrounding presence and perception as central to his method. (Note: The film was re-edited and re-released in 1999.)

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Genres Documentary
Release 1972-02-11

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My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure

18 films in the saga
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Winged Dialogue

★ 0.0 1967

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Palinode

★ 0.0 1970

Still Light poster

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Still Light

★ 6.5 1971

The Painting poster

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The Painting

★ 7.0 1972

Work Done poster

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Work Done

★ 8.5 1973

Ruskin poster

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Ruskin

★ 6.2 1974

Amor poster

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Amor

★ 6.2 1980

Efpsychi poster

“The details of the young actor’s face – his eyes, eyebrows, earlobe, chin, etc. – are set opposite…

Efpsychi

★ 0.0 1983

Wingseed poster

A meditation on landscape and desire, the film juxtaposes arid terrain, wild grasses, and herds of…

Wingseed

★ 10.0 1985

The Stoas poster

Named for the colonnades of the ancient Lyceum, the film juxtaposes industrial arcades in golden mo…

The Stoas

★ 8.0 1997

Sotiros poster

Distilled in 1996 from an earlier 50-minute trilogy, this 26-minute film was shot in Greece and Aus…

Sotiros

★ 6.8 2000

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