Ernst Schmidt Jr. Movies

  • 1977
    ViennaFilm 1896-1976

    ViennaFilm 1896-1976

    ViennaFilm 1896-1976

    01977HD

    This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd...

    ViennaFilm 1896-1976
  • 1980
    Exit... But No Panic

    Exit... But No Panic

    Exit... But No Panic

    3.81980HD

    A guy having sex with a woman on a rooftop – just to get her coffee-machine.

    Exit... But No Panic
  • 1993
    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3

    01993HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 3
  • 1967
    Bodybuilding

    Bodybuilding

    Bodybuilding

    01967HD

    In May 1965, Ernst Schmidt Jr. films the Otto Muehl performances Rumpsti Pumsti and Body Building. In this period Muehl conceives his actionist works...

    Bodybuilding
  • 1981
    The Total Family

    The Total Family

    The Total Family

    01981HD

    Baron Childerich III of Bartenbruch considers himself to be a descendant of the Merovingian dynasty and he has drawn up a chart of marriages and...

    The Total Family
  • 1993
    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness

    01993HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness
  • 1968
    Onetwothree

    Onetwothree

    Onetwothree

    01968HD

    This film includes shots from Silberarsch (Silver Arse; the 16th material action by Otto Muehl, 1965), Bimmel-Bammel (Ding-Dong; MuehlŽ s 17th...

    Onetwothree
  • 1985
    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken

    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken

    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken

    01985HD

    A test film for the later realized "Memoirs of My Nervous Illness" which was shot on Super-8 and premiered at Wels in 1985.

    Probefilm zu den Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken
  • 1968
    The Act of Thinking

    The Act of Thinking

    The Act of Thinking

    01968HD

    This is a portrait of Peter Weibel, and at the same time a reflection on the medium film. As Peter Weibel looks silently into the camera (and thus to...

    The Act of Thinking
  • 1968
    Cheers

    Cheers

    Cheers

    01968HD

    This is a film with minimal content. Using a film pen, a line was drawn across a strip of clear leader, until it hit the edge of the frame...

    Cheers
  • 1968
    White

    White

    White

    01968HD

    In a blank film, holes were punched with a office hole-punch. During the projection, only the black scratches present in the material, which form...

    White
  • 1977
    My Funeral an Experience

    My Funeral an Experience

    My Funeral an Experience

    01977HD

    This film is a combination of body art, re-making and reconstructing a "film genre" from the early era of filmmaking (series "Comic Faces", 1898,...

    My Funeral an Experience
  • 1987
    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1

    01987HD

    On the 28th of October 1884 Daniel Paul Schreber, candidate of the National Liberal Party in Chemnitz, suffered a heavy defeat at the elections of...

    Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, Part 1
  • 1978
    N

    N

    N

    4.51978HD

    Recorded during a presentation of the "Performance Art Festival" in the Modern Art Galerie, Vienna. The presentation was officially put to an end by...

    N
  • 1979
    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner

    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner

    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner

    01979HD

    A reconstruction of the "concept film," which Gertrude Stein ("a rose is a rose is a rose") suggested to Charlie Chaplin in the 1920s. (E.S.jr.)

    Gertrude Stein Would Have Liked to Have Seen Chaplin in a Film Where He Would Have Nothing Other to Do Than Walk on the Street and Then Go Around a Corner, and Then Around the Next Corner, etc. From Corner to Corner
  • 1975
    Filmtagebuch Kurzfassung [Filmtext II]

    Filmtagebuch Kurzfassung [Filmtext II]

    Filmtagebuch Kurzfassung [Filmtext II]

    01975HD

    A film consisting of the titles of films that were shown in Viennese cinemas at the time of its creation.

    Filmtagebuch Kurzfassung [Filmtext II]
  • 1968
    Yes/No

    Yes/No

    Yes/No

    01968HD

    Expanded cinema with a real and a projected curtain. (This film is part of the 20 Action and Destruction Films.)

    Yes/No
  • 1979
    Collected by Wendy

    Collected by Wendy

    Collected by Wendy

    01979HD

    At a party, which was organized for Wendy, each person invited brought a photo of themselves. Each photo was filmed according to a strict scheme:...

    Collected by Wendy
  • 1966
    P.R.A.T.E.R.

    P.R.A.T.E.R.

    P.R.A.T.E.R.

    01966HD

    With P.R.A.T.E.R. Schmidt turned his attention to the place where, once, the medium first came into existence (the Prater is P.R.A.T.E.R. is marked...

    P.R.A.T.E.R.
  • 1971
    Film Alphabet

    Film Alphabet

    Film Alphabet

    01971HD

    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ - each letter is one frame (1/24 of a second) long and each letter originates from a company sign. The film shows the...

    Film Alphabet