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Amaryllis - A Study · 2020Amaryllis - A Study
★ 8.02020
MovieDocumentary
A short study of the interior of amaryllis flowers, shot on 16mm film. The central pistol, the stamens and the anthers, which produce the yellow pollen, are set against the colour field of the petals.
K. · 1989K.
★ 7.11989
Movie
Crystal Aquarium · 1995Crystal Aquarium
★ 7.01995
Movie
There are four performers in the film - a drummer, a swimmer, an ice skater and a fourth woman. Although the protagonists never appear together they are inextricably bound up by their actions. Meaning is conveyed through movement and its associated sound and the accompaniment of the drummer. The film takes place both above and below water, on ice, and in a room visited by the fourth woman.
Cold Jazz · 1993Cold Jazz
1993
Movie
Directed by Jayne Parker.
TRIFORIUM · 2021TRIFORIUM
2021
Movie
The film takes its name from the place where it was filmed, the triforium of London’s Westminster Abbey, a gallery hidden from view for 700 years, that runs sixteen metres high above the floor of the nave. Accompanied by Laurence’s Crane’s music, the film holds the stillness and quietude of the triforium, the accumulation of centuries of ascending prayer.
Strong Women · 2000Strong Women
2000
Movie
Two contrasting portraits of magnificently strong women: champion body builder Andrulla Blanchette and trapeze artist Vicki Amedume. Strength displayed and strength employed.
Almost Out · 1986Almost Out
1986
Movie
A confrontation/statement with fragments of dialogue between a mother, a daughter and a cameraman.
The Oblique · 2018The Oblique
2018
Movie
“The music, ‘Blues in B-flat’ by Volker Heyn, performed by cellist Anton Lukoszevieze, provides the framework for The Oblique. The title comes from an instruction in the score: ‘oblique down stroke’ — a call to the cellist to use an oblique bow. In the film branches of magnolia extend into the empty cavity of the cello, the space where sound resonates.” (JP)
Thinking Twice · 1997Thinking Twice
1997
MovieDocumentary
Thinking Twice features the pianist Katharina Wolpe playing music composed by her father Stefan Wolpe. Stefan Wolpe’s work is renowned for its originality and rigour, its sense of space and surprise. The unique and vital contribution of this important avant-garde composer continues to influence many young composers of today. The title is taken from a series of lectures given by Stefan Wolpe. In its lucid editing of piano keys in motion, and especially in close up shots of the pianist's hands and face, Jayne Parker "attempts to reflect the rigour of the music" (in her own words).
Snig · 1982Snig
1982
Movie
A young woman shakes eels out from between the sheets of a bed. She sews the eels on to a sheet, then cuts them away and they fall to the ground. A dilemma. Jayne Parker discovered film as a medium when she was a sculpture student at Canterbury College of Art (1977-80). In early works, objects, performance and gesture were combined by the camera to explore space, duration and the physical body. The images in these early films were both literal and metaphoric, depicting exact events but also creating physical and personal associations for the viewer. Ideas are evoked in images rather than words; ordinary actions are also enigmas.
RX Recipe · 1980RX Recipe
1980
Movie
Early film by Jayne Parker.
Free Show · 1979Free Show
1979
Movie
A film in three acts, each act prefaced by a short circus act. Act 1 – Cutting liver, Act II – Ironing, Act III – Plucking Eyebrows. Three potentially violent domestic activities performed by a woman. Jayne Parker discovered film as a medium when she was a sculpture student at Canterbury College of Art (1977-80). In early works, objects, performance and gesture were combined by the camera to explore space, duration and the physical body. The images in these early films were both literal and metaphoric, depicting exact events but also creating physical and personal associations for the viewer. Ideas are evoked in images rather than words; ordinary actions are also enigmas.
A Floral Tribute for Essex Road · 2019A Floral Tribute for Essex Road
2019
Movie
A short study of the interior of amaryllis flowers, shot on 16mm film. The central pistol, the stamens and the anthers, which produce the yellow pollen, are set against the colour field of the petals.
Stationary Music · 2005Stationary Music
2005
MovieDrama
In Stationary Music Jayne Parker finds an external shape for an internal process - Katharina Wolpe playing her father's 1925 Sonata.
The Pool · 1991The Pool
1991
Movie
A woman stands in the deep end of an empty and disused swimming pool. She wipes her face and stomach with her hands to clean away blood. She places her hands on the outstretched arm of a man who lifts her into the air and catches her where she falls. An eel swims, its gills flutter, opening and closing with the sound. The woman settle the eel in her arms and holds it against the body. When she swims she breathes out underwater.
I Dish · 1983I Dish
1983
Movie
In 'I Dish' a naked woman dredges in filthy water. What is she looking for? Gold? Something she's lost? She brings up a series of barbaric-looking bits of metal, nasty looking hooks. In a film which has considered notions of nourishment, sex, love, cleanliness, silence, obsession and compulsion, Parker demonstrates her poetic by letting imagery have its mystery, resonate unforcedly on its own terms.
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Antonia's Line · 1995Antonia's Line
★ 6.91995
MovieDramaComedy
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.
Whale Rider · 2003Whale Rider
★ 7.02003
MovieDramaFamily
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Point Break · 1991Point Break
★ 7.11991
MovieActionThriller
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Helen · 2009Helen
★ 6.52009
MovieDrama
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
Jesus Camp · 2006Jesus Camp
★ 7.02006
MovieDocumentary
A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
In My Skin · 2002In My Skin
★ 6.02002
MovieDramaHorror
After a disfiguring leg injury, a young woman develops an unsettling secret relationship with her own body in which pain is pleasure, mutilation is love and hungers of the flesh have a mind of their own.
The Secret · 2000The Secret
★ 7.32000
MovieRomanceDrama
Marie, who works as a successful door-to-door encyclopedia salesperson, has been married to her husband Francois for 12 years and has a two-year-old son. Though she is relatively content with her life, she feels something is wanting. Enter 50-year old African-American Bill. Initially she is annoyed by his insouciance, but she finds that she is irresistibly attracted to him. Soon the two are in the midst of sordid illicit affair. She knows little about her new lover, and he seems uninterested in learning about her, but the long sessions of lovemaking are something else entirely. Feeling out of control, Marie is increasingly repelled by her own actions. Psychologically, she struggles to reconcile her torrid encounters with Bill and mundane domestic chores such as bathing her son. Moreover, she finds herself incapable of hiding her adulterous behavior, rather she comes home with scratches and hickeys all over her body, to the devastation Francois.
