Pierre Hébert Movies

  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

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    Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

    Trying to Describe Oneself
  • 2005
    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

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    This film was made out of the capture of a live animation performance presented in Rome in January 2005 by Pierre Hébert and the musician Bob...

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno
  • 2021
    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

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    This is a poetic and animated meditation inspired by two trips the director made to Japan. Images and sounds from daily life as well as recordings of...

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train
  • 2004
    Between Science and Garbage

    Between Science and Garbage

    Between Science and Garbage

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    A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this...

    Between Science and Garbage
  • 1987
    Adieu bipède

    Adieu bipède

    Adieu bipède

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    In Adieu bipède (1987), Hébert turned to performance, using the scratching technique for the scenes with dancing and music. He used the...

    Adieu bipède
  • 1996
    La Plante Humaine

    La Plante Humaine

    La Plante Humaine

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    La Plante Humaine
  • 1966
    Op Hop/Hop Op

    Op Hop/Hop Op

    Op Hop/Hop Op

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    A hand-made, scratched-on film experiment in intermittent animation. The images are a group of twenty-four visuals, all non-representational, which...

    Op Hop/Hop Op
  • 1968
    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    Around Perception

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    An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved...

    Around Perception
  • 2013
    Triptych - 2

    Triptych - 2

    Triptych - 2

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    Abstract film made from the video capture of a live animation performance presented in Vienna on May 30th 2011 at the Stadtkirche with Andrea...

    Triptych - 2
  • 1983
    Memories of War

    Memories of War

    Memories of War

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    This haunting animation film, rich with symbolism, is the filmmaker's plea for a peaceful world in which to raise his newborn son. Using the menacing...

    Memories of War
  • 2011
    The Reach of Resonance

    The Reach of Resonance

    The Reach of Resonance

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    Miya Masaoka uses music to interact with plants and insects; Jon Rose turns fences into musical instruments with a violin bow in conflict zones...

    The Reach of Resonance
  • 1968
    Population Explosion

    Population Explosion

    Population Explosion

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    A film in cut-out animation depicting the demographic problems of the world. It shows that in many countries freedom from the old scourges of famine...

    Population Explosion
  • 1967
    Opus 3

    Opus 3

    Opus 3

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    "A film in which both sound and image were created with a minimum of photographic or electronic equipment. The images are a few simple geometric...

    Opus 3
  • 2014
    You Look Like Me

    You Look Like Me

    You Look Like Me

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    First, about ten years ago, there was a text by Paule Marier. Then, René Lussier made a song from that text for his 2014 album (Toucher une...

    You Look Like Me
  • 1966
    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

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    This feature documentary about education explores the mid-century state of learning in the classrooms of North America. New approaches to learning...

    Knowing to Learn
  • 1984
    Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway

    Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway

    Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway

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    In this animation film without words, filmmaker Pierre Hébert and musicians Robert Lepage and René Lussier worked together, and...

    Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway
  • 1968
    The Fox and the Crow

    The Fox and the Crow

    The Fox and the Crow

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    A satirical, updated take on the classic Jean de La Fontaine fable.

    The Fox and the Crow
  • 2017
    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

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    A meditation on the passing of time, on a film that was never completed, upon Bazin’s death, on restoration and the future of ruins and on...

    Bazin's Film
  • 1971
    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

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    Fundamental Principles in Genetics
  • 1964
    Opus 1

    Opus 1

    Opus 1

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    Abstract film by Pierre Hébert, originally made in 1964 and remastered in 2007.

    Opus 1