Pierre Hébert Movies

  • 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
  • 1966
    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

    01966HD

    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
  • 1996
    La Plante Humaine

    La Plante Humaine

    La Plante Humaine

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    La Plante Humaine
  • 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
  • 2017
    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

    72017HD

    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
  • 2024
    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

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    A moving portrait of filmmaker Pierre Hébert, which retraces his extraordinary career and shares all about his passion for burning onto film.

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert
  • 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
  • 1968
    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    71968HD

    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
  • 1973
    Du coq à l'âne

    Du coq à l'âne

    Du coq à l'âne

    01973HD

    This animated film, a small educational musical comedy, offers the viewer a proper enigma. He is very smart who succeeds in solving it the first...

    Du coq à l'âne
  • 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
  • 1968
    Population Explosion

    Population Explosion

    Population Explosion

    01968HD

    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
  • 1974
    A Piece of Cake

    A Piece of Cake

    A Piece of Cake

    01974HD

    A Piece of Cake
  • 2021
    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    02021HD

    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
  • 1971
    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    01971HD

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics
  • 2002
    Barbaloune

    Barbaloune

    Barbaloune

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    Barbaloune
  • 1968
    The Fox and the Crow

    The Fox and the Crow

    The Fox and the Crow

    71968HD

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

    The Fox and the Crow
  • 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
  • 1964
    Opus 1

    Opus 1

    Opus 1

    71964HD

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

    Opus 1
  • 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
  • 2018
    But One Bird Sang Not

    But One Bird Sang Not

    But One Bird Sang Not

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    Scratched directly onto 35mm film stock, this abstract film is a visual interpretation of a piece for solo violin based on a Bosnian popular song...

    But One Bird Sang Not