Early Monthly Segments

Between 1967 and 1970, I filmed brief monthly segments or exercises while making a series of longer films, that were between a half hour and an hour… My basic impulse in the Early Monthly Segments was to discover a way of thinking with the 16mm Bolex film camera and colour reversal film, and I used whatever details from my surroundings that were helpful. In that sense, they were conceived more as brief “essays” rather than as a diary. (Robert Beavers)

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Robert Beavers

Actors: Robert Beavers, Gregory J. Markopoulos, Tom Chomont

Producers: Robert Beavers

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 2002

Duration: 33΄

Robert Beavers

Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Beavers attended Deerfield Academy before meeting the independent filmmaker Gregory J. Markopoulos in 1966. They moved to Europe in 1967 and removed their films from distribution; Beavers did not show his films in the United States again until 1996. Beavers made films in Greece, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Βeavers currently lives with the German filmmaker Ute Aurand and shares his time between Berlin and Massachusetts.