Made with Doug Dunderdale.
"CETOLOGY is a strange and beautiful exploration of a psychic space - an interior world. The title refers to the study of whales, the sound track uses the haunting calls of the Right Whale. The film itself was shot in the Chicago subway and elevated systems. The editing generates shifting spaces and overlapping times, evoking the mythic realms of Jonah and the Whale, Orpheus and Hades, and Ahab's obsessive search." - Bill Judson, Carnegie Museum of Art
Awards: First Prize, Lakeside Film Festival, 1977; Best Cinematography, Palo Alto Film Festival, 1979; Second Prize, Union of Independent Colleges of Art Film Festival, 1978; Humboldt Film Festival, 1979; DeAnza Film Festival, 1979; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 1978.
1977, 16mm, b&w/so, 12m, $35
The film juxtaposes three elements - a man, a girl, and footsteps - to create a filmic reality.
1977, 16mm, b&w/so, 3m, $20
Exploding orgasms or marching soldiers? The simplicity of the image leaves the door open for many interpretations.
1977, 16mm, b&w/so, 5m, $20
1979, 16mm, b&w/si, 12m, $35
The G's & I seemed destined to meet. Their long, purple tongues, sensual grace and meditative pace still captivate me. Even their first names, Jezebel, Amy, Cleo, Laura, Willie, and Spook, the first initial of each form my name, connect us and they dance for my camera. These films work better when shown as a series, and should be rented together, and shown in the sequence listed here.
1979, 16mm, color/so, 11m, $35
1979, 16mm, b&w/si, 3m, $20
I tell my side of the mother-daughter story which has changed dramatically since my father's death. The emotion is raw, embarrassing and honest. The movie ends but, "I think it will go on."
Awards: First Prize, Toronto Super 8 Film Festival, 1982; Second Prize, SF Art Institute Film Festival, 1982.
1981, S8mm, color/so, 32m (24fps), $45
A dusk-till-dawn document of the dying gasps of my beloved Kodak Supermatic 200.
1981, S8mm, color/so, 18m (24fps), $55
The camera rides a turbulent wave across the inches and miles of an ancient lake that is Death Valley. By contrasting this vast valley's natural beauty with the monotonous sounds of shower water, the film makes a political statement - badwater next right.
Award: SF Art Institute Film Festival, 1983
1982, S8mm, color/so, 10m (24fps), $30
"It seems I've spent most of my life waiting ... for X to happen." You can fill in the blank any way you like.
1984, S8mm, color/so, 6m (24fps), $20
Five dynamic women have an intimate conversation. Shot in extreme close-up, the film gives insight into their world view and mine.
1985, S8mm, color/so, 10m (24fps), $30
The mothers of the daughters filmed in PART 1 talk; men, marriage, and kids.
1986, S8mm, color/so, 15m (24fps), $45
S8mm picture is 18 frames behind the sound. That reminds me of life.
1986, S8mm, color/so, 8m (24fps), $25