Pat O'Neill Movies

  • 2008
    Bustin' Down the Door

    Bustin' Down the Door

    Bustin' Down the Door

    62008HD

    During the winter of 1975 in Hawaii, surfing was shaken to its core. A group of young surfers from Australia and South Africa sacrificed everything...

    Bustin' Down the Door
  • 2015
    Where the Chocolate Mountains

    Where the Chocolate Mountains

    Where the Chocolate Mountains

    02015HD

    A tour de force of digital art, Where the Chocolate Mountains (2015, 55 min.) is a major new opus from Pat O’Neill, one of the all-time guiding...

    Where the Chocolate Mountains
  • 1993
    Abstract Cinema

    Abstract Cinema

    Abstract Cinema

    81993HD

    Several well-known and pioneering abstract filmmakers discuss the history of non-objective cinema, the works of those that came before them and their...

    Abstract Cinema
  • 1989
    Water and Power

    Water and Power

    Water and Power

    71989HD

    Pat O'Neill, one of the most interesting filmmakers in America today, offers a dazzling reflection on the conflict between nature and man in Los...

    Water and Power
  • 1972
    Easyout

    Easyout

    Easyout

    5.21972HD

    Has to do with a consideration of one possible conceptual model for human existence: that of a primitive form of yardchair, upon which sits The...

    Easyout
  • 2002
    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

    The Decay of Fiction

    7.52002HD

    The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles serves as the backdrop of Pat O’Neill’s artfully-crafted film. Shot in the classic Hollywood style,...

    The Decay of Fiction
  • 2021
    Messages 2

    Messages 2

    Messages 2

    02021HD

    Short film portrait using narration and artworks by Pat O’Neill and edited by Martha Colburn.

    Messages 2
  • 2019

    "An Extra Wander: For Chick..."

    "An Extra Wander: For Chick..."

    42019HD

    New film by Pat O'Neill

  • 1971
    Runs Good

    Runs Good

    Runs Good

    5.91971HD

    A darkish journey down memory lane, to visit some news events, folkways and thought patterns associated with the late forties and early fifties. The...

    Runs Good
  • 1967
    7362

    7362

    7362

    7.7781967HD

    7362 is concerned with dividing and joining together. It begins with two black circles against a white background, knocking together and gradually...

    7362
  • 2021
    Messages 4

    Messages 4

    Messages 4

    02021HD

    Pat O'Neill narrates his photographs made between 1965 & 1975 approx.

    Messages 4
  • 2008
    Horizontal Boundaries

    Horizontal Boundaries

    Horizontal Boundaries

    72008HD

    The title Horizontal Boundaries refers to frame lines- the boundaries between one image and the next on a roll of motion picture film. These lines,...

    Horizontal Boundaries
  • 2024
    Preen Scene

    Preen Scene

    Preen Scene

    02024HD

    2024, digital video, color, sound, 5

    Preen Scene
  • 1996
    Trouble in the Image

    Trouble in the Image

    Trouble in the Image

    5.71996HD

    Optical printing pioneer Pat O’Neill uses “his skills in special effects production to extrapolate metaphysical meaning from the...

    Trouble in the Image
  • 1973
    Down Wind

    Down Wind

    Down Wind

    8.81973HD

    A thoughtful treatment of some of the problems we (mankind) have been having in dealing with our fellow species, animal and vegetable. Actually an...

    Down Wind
  • 1965
    Seven Second Love Affair

    Seven Second Love Affair

    Seven Second Love Affair

    01965HD

    Les Blank's first documentary cinematography job shooting Drag Racers in Long Beach, CA, driving everything from hopped up "Mercs" to Supercharged...

    Seven Second Love Affair
  • 1968
    Sears Sox

    Sears Sox

    Sears Sox

    01968HD

    A short piece of commercial work done by three legendary L.A. artists. This piece was shown on loop projectors in Sears stores to promote an exciting...

    Sears Sox
  • 2009
    I Open the Window

    I Open the Window

    I Open the Window

    02009HD

    2009 --- Digital Video --- 19 minutes --- Color --- Sound Sound Mix: George Lockwood

    I Open the Window
  • 2021
    Messages 5

    Messages 5

    Messages 5

    02021HD

    Pat O'Neill narrates his photographs.

    Messages 5
  • 2020
    Messages

    Messages

    Messages

    02020HD

    Short film portrait using narration and artworks by Pat O’Neill and edited by Martha Colburn.

    Messages