Ernst Schmidt Jr. Movies

  • 1970
    Imperial Theatre

    Imperial Theatre

    Imperial Theatre

    01970HD

    A nostalgic honoring as well as a reciprocal re-make of the film of the same name by Willi Forst. A setting to film of a 1930s book, literally: page...

    Imperial Theatre
  • 1975
    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]

    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]

    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]

    01975HD

    Filming and calling the result a diary is literary. It is filmic to write a film diary and have this writing scroll by as film.

    Filmtagebuch I [Filmtext I]
  • 1974
    A Subhistory of Film

    A Subhistory of Film

    A Subhistory of Film

    01974HD

    All of the photos in Eine Subgeschichte des Films (A Sub-history of Film) by Scheugl/Schmidt (Suhrkamp edition 471) one after another, cut inside in...

    A Subhistory of Film
  • 1968
    Yes/No

    Yes/No

    Yes/No

    01968HD

    Expanded cinema with a real and a projected curtain. (This film is part of the 20 Action and Destruction Films.)

    Yes/No
  • 1967
    Color Film

    Color Film

    Color Film

    01967HD

    In this film the goal of destroying film semantics has been consistently followed though. Part of the film is composed of a seemingly collision of...

    Color Film
  • 1971
    Film Alphabet

    Film Alphabet

    Film Alphabet

    01971HD

    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ - each letter is one frame (1/24 of a second) long and each letter originates from a company sign. The film shows the...

    Film Alphabet
  • 1968
    Onetwothree

    Onetwothree

    Onetwothree

    01968HD

    This film includes shots from Silberarsch (Silver Arse; the 16th material action by Otto Muehl, 1965), Bimmel-Bammel (Ding-Dong; MuehlŽ s 17th...

    Onetwothree
  • 1968
    Nothing

    Nothing

    Nothing

    01968HD

    Conceptual overabundance was contrasted with nothing in Nothing, which, as the title promises, was nothing. Two years later, when Schmidt Jr. wanted...

    Nothing
  • 1987
    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    01987HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1
  • 1968
    Cheers

    Cheers

    Cheers

    01968HD

    This is a film with minimal content. Using a film pen, a line was drawn across a strip of clear leader, until it hit the edge of the frame...

    Cheers
  • 1979
    Collected by Wendy

    Collected by Wendy

    Collected by Wendy

    01979HD

    At a party, which was organized for Wendy, each person invited brought a photo of themselves. Each photo was filmed according to a strict scheme:...

    Collected by Wendy
  • 1979
    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner

    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner

    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner

    01979HD

    A reconstruction of the "concept film," which Gertrude Stein ("a rose is a rose is a rose") suggested to Charlie Chaplin in the 1920s. (E.S.jr.)

    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner
  • 1978
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    4.51978HD

    Recorded during a presentation of the "Performance Art Festival" in the Modern Art Galerie, Vienna. The presentation was officially put to an end by...

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  • 1985
    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken

    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken

    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken

    01985HD

    A test film for the later realized "Memoirs of My Nervous Illness" which was shot on Super-8 and premiered at Wels in 1985.

    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken