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Robert Carlton Breer (September 30, 1926 – August 11, 2011) was an American experimental filmmaker, painter, and sculptor.

His aesthetic philosophy and technique were influenced by an earlier generation of abstract filmmakers that included Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling, Walter Ruttmann, and Fernand Léger, whose work he discovered while living in Europe. Breer was also influenced by the concept of Neo-plasticism as described by Piet Mondrian and Vasarely.

Archives

The following films were preserved by Anthology Film Archives:

  • Form Phases I (1952)
  • Form Phases II (1953)
  • Form Phases III (1954)
  • Form Phases IV (1956)
  • Un Miracle (1954)
  • Recreation (1956)
  • Motion Pictures No. 1 (1956)
  • Jamestown Baloos (1957)
  • A Man and His Dog Out for Air (1957)
  • Le Mouvement (1957)
  • Eyewash (1959) – both versions
  • Blazes (1961)
  • Breathing (1963)
  • Fist Fight (1964)
  • 66 (1966)
  • 69 (1969)
  • 70 (1971)
  • 77 (1970)
  • Fuji (1974)
  • Swiss Army Knife with Rats and Pigeons (1981)
  • Bang! (1986)

The following films were preserved by the Academy Film Archive:

  • Form Phases #4 (1954, preserved 2019)
  • Sunday Morning Screenings (1960, a trailer for Cinema 16)
  • Time Flies (1997, preserved 2018)
  • Atoz (2000, preserved 2018)




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