Phil Solomon
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Phil Solomon was an internationally recognized filmmaker and educator who taught both film history/aesthetics and film production at University of Colorado Boulder from 1991 until his death in 2019. Solomon’s work has been screened in every major venue for experimental film throughout the U.S. and Europe, including 3 Cineprobes (one-man shows) at the Museum of Modern Art and two Whitney Biennials. His films have won 10 first prize awards at major international film festivals for experimental film (including six Juror’s Awards from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival). His films reside in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Massachusetts College of Art, Binghamton University, Hampshire College, The Chicago Art Institute, San Francisco State University, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and the Oberhausen Film Collection. Solomon collaborated on three films with his colleague and friend, Stan Brakhage, who named Solomon’s Remains to be Seen on his Top Ten Films of All Time for Sight and Sound.
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Empire (2008)
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The Snowman (1995)
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Crossroad (2005)
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Nightlight (1975)
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American Falls (2010)
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Nocturne (1980)
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Seasons... (2002)
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The Summit (2023)
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Simply Because You're Near Me (2013)
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Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow (2014)
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Clepsydra (1992)
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What’s Out Tonight Is Lost (1983)
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Elementary Phrases (1994)
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Psalm II: Walking Distance (2000)
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The Passage of the Bride (1980)
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Psalm III: Night of the Meek (2002)
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The Emblazoned Apparitions (2013)
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Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes (1999)
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Remains to Be Seen (1989)
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The Exquisite Hour (1989)
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Rehearsals for Retirement (2007)
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The Secret Garden (1988)
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Still Raining, Still Dreaming (2009)
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Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour (1999)
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As If We (1980)
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By This River (2018)
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Last Days in a Lonely Place (2007)
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Concrescence (1996)
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Alternating Currents (1994)
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Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day (2002)
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Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage (1989)
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Innocence and Despair (2002)
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Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting (2002)
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The Eternal Courtship (2013)
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