Tom Chomont

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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.

Film	Credit
Mother's Day2006 · Director	Director
My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure2005 · Himself	Himself
Early Monthly Segments2003 · Actor	Actor
TTom2002 · Himself	Himself
Panic Bodies1998 · Actor	Actor
Twilight1998 · Director	Director
Birth of a Nation1997 · Self	Self
Aquarium1994 · Director	Director
Spider Jan.16.911994 · Director	Director
JJoe's Maison1984 · Director	Director
Razor Head1984 · Director	Director
Minor Revisions1979 · Director	Director
LLover1978 · Actor	Actor
EEarth1978 · Director	Director
SSpace Time Studies1977 · Director	Director
The Heavens1977 · Director	Director
abda/Rebirth1975 · Director	Director
RRe: Incarnation1973 · Director	Director
LLijn II1972 · Director	Director
RResearch1972 · Director	Director
LLove Objects1971 · Director	Director
AAria1970 · Director	Director
PPortret1970 · Director	Director
The Cat Lady1969 · Director	Director
Ophelia1969 · Director	Director
GGloria in the Glass1969 · Director	Director
UUntitled1969 · Director	Director
AA Persian Rug1969 · Director	Director
Oblivion1969 · Director	Director
Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life1968 · Director	Director
Epilog/Siam1968 · Director	Director
Spiracle1967 · Actor	Actor
Jabbok1967 · Director	Director
The Mirror Garden1967 · Director	Director
MMorpheus In Hell1967 · Director	Director
Galaxie1966 · Self	Self
AAnthony1966 · Director	Director
MMona Lysa1966 · Director	Director
NNight Blossoms1965 · Director	Director
FFlames1965 · Director	Director
IInner SanctumDirector	Director
AA Faustian KnotDirector	Director
TThe Hidden StaircaseDirector	Director
HHead ShotDirector	Director
Storm WarningDirector	Director
PPenguin PoolDirector	Director
Wizard of LightDirector	Director
TThe Cat MusicDirector	Director