Bill Etra Movies

  • 2017
    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory

    62017HD

    A tortuous journey, in the company of the Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, around the figure of the enigmatic and visionary French poet Raymond...

    Raymond Roussel: The Day of Glory
  • 1973
    Narcissicon

    Narcissicon

    Narcissicon

    01973HD

    A narrative self-discovery theme done in real time in Art Nouveau style.

    Narcissicon
  • 1974
    Lady of the Lake

    Lady of the Lake

    Lady of the Lake

    01974HD

    Made by Bill and Louise Etra with the Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer in 1974. "A short piece of Gothic horror."

    Lady of the Lake
  • 1978
    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video

    01978HD

    This is a documentary about video artists Bill & Louise Etra, Woody & Steina Vasulka, and Kit Fitzgerald & John Sanborn.

    Group Portrait: Six Artists in Video
  • 1973
    Grumbles

    Grumbles

    Grumbles

    01973HD

    "Video by Bill Etra, early to mid 1970s, perhaps at the WNET TV Lab?"

    Grumbles
  • 2005
    Avalon

    Avalon

    Avalon

    02005HD

    Avalon is a real-time animation made to demonstrate the possibilities of Bill Etra's prototype digital video synthesizer that he, at the time, called...

    Avalon
  • 2016
    How to Scramble The Cosmic Egg's

    How to Scramble The Cosmic Egg's

    How to Scramble The Cosmic Egg's

    02016HD

    "A substantial late work by Bill Etra". A "fast version" also exists.

    How to Scramble The Cosmic Egg's
  • 1980
    Beach Blanket Armageddon

    Beach Blanket Armageddon

    Beach Blanket Armageddon

    01980HD

    While performers Frankie and Annette are going new wave and even punk, they find out that the old tunes and attitudes are not completely washed away.

    Beach Blanket Armageddon
  • 1973
    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    01973HD

    An early work by Bill & Louise Etra, with Peter Crown. Made with biotelemetry equipment and video synthesizer at the TV Lab, WNET, NYC.

    Heartbeat
  • 1973
    Tales from Beneath the Sheets

    Tales from Beneath the Sheets

    Tales from Beneath the Sheets

    01973HD

    Reclined underneath a bedsheet, Louise Etra reads an excerpt from chapter 3 of Legman's "Oragenitalism: Oral Techniques of Gential Excitation"....

    Tales from Beneath the Sheets
  • 1975
    Ms. Muffet

    Ms. Muffet

    Ms. Muffet

    01975HD

    Computer/ video interface piece by Bill and Louise Etra with Dr. Lou Katz.

    Ms. Muffet
  • 1972
    Laser Quantum L

    Laser Quantum L

    Laser Quantum L

    01972HD

    An early work by Bill and Louise Etra.

    Laser Quantum L
  • 1973
    Abstractions on a Bedsheet

    Abstractions on a Bedsheet

    Abstractions on a Bedsheet

    01973HD

    Bill Etra's "Abstractions on a Bedsheet" was made with the Rutt/Etra Video Synthesizer under PDP11-10 computer control. Bill said that the climax...

    Abstractions on a Bedsheet
  • 1972
    Mars: An Optic Aspic

    Mars: An Optic Aspic

    Mars: An Optic Aspic

    01972HD

    Set to Holst's Mars, the Bringer of War, Bill Etra's original performance on 9 B&W monitors was shot in real-time on 16mm color film by Woody...

    Mars: An Optic Aspic