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Tom Chomont was a prominent figure of the New York underground film world, and made films for over 40 years. Tom Chomont was a longtime HIV and Parkinson’s Disease survivor and sadly died on June 28, 2010. “Tom Chomont’s films are at once highly poetic and carefully controlled personal statements, and so private both in form and subject matter that they become almost hermetic…the instability of human existence, the poles of all -encompassing imagination on the one hand and nothingness and death on the other, are the notions underlying these works.” – Fred Camper From 1962 through 1989, Tom Chomont made over 40 films. All but two of his films are silent and all are short, ranging from less than 1 minute to 16 minutes. Perhaps, the subtitle of his film Phases of the Moon best characterizes his film work: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life. His films, often portraits of friends, are a lyric evocation of the ordinary world, but at the same time they bear witness to an unabashedly spiritual and sexual parallel universe. His incomparable technique of offsetting color positive and high contrast black and white negative creates a subtly beautiful and richly evocative, otherworldly aura. Since 1990, he has worked exclusively in video. The videos are hard-edged and raw. While many center around explicit s&m imagery, they go beyond the performative aspects of sadomasochistic practice and become an entrée to a transcendent and philosophical other world.
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- event Death Date 2010-06-28
- school Known for: Directing
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Tom Chomont
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Early Monthly Segments
2003-09-09
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Panic Bodies
1998-10-10
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Birth of a Nation
1997-08-06
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Galaxie
1966-09-03
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Tom
2002-05-07
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Spiracle
1967-12-29
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Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life
1968-01-01
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Epilog/Siam
1968-01-01
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Jabbok
1967-01-01
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The Mirror Garden
1967-01-01
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Morpheus In Hell
1967-01-01
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Flames
1965-01-01
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Mona Lysa
1966-01-01
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Anthony
1966-01-01
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Night Blossoms
1965-01-01
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abda/Rebirth
1975-01-01
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The Heavens
1977-01-01
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Joe's Maison
1984-01-01
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Gloria in the Glass
1969-01-01
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Jabbok
1967-01-01
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Earth
1978-01-01
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Aria
1970-01-01
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A Persian Rug
1969-01-01
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Lijn II
1972-01-01
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Untitled
1969-01-01
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Portret
1970-01-01
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Minor Revisions
1979-06-01
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Space Time Studies
1977-06-01
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Twilight
1998-06-17
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Inner Sanctum
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Razor Head
1984-01-01
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Aquarium
1994-01-01
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The Hidden Staircase
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A Faustian Knot
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Head Shot
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Oblivion
1969-01-01
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The Cat Lady
1969-07-08
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Love Objects
1971-01-01
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Ophelia
1969-07-08
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Spider Jan.16.91
1994-01-01
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Re: Incarnation
1973-09-12
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Research
1972-01-01