William Raban Movies

  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1986
    Thames Film

    Thames Film

    Thames Film

    01986HD

    This movie is an experimental documentary following the flow of the Thames out of London to the sea. It has a narration from John Hurt that takes the...

    Thames Film
  • 1975
    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre

    01975HD

    Le déjeuner sur l’herbe is simultaneously perceived from four different camera positions in a work which engages with the pro-filmic in...

    After Manet, After Giorgione – Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe or Fete Champetre
  • 1978
    Autumn Scenes

    Autumn Scenes

    Autumn Scenes

    01978HD

    “The film is in three parts, each one exploring the fragmentary experience of perception by resorting to various forms of temporal and spatial...

    Autumn Scenes
  • 1974
    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé

    01974HD

    "Like all the works I have done which refer directly to another artist, After Lumière… is not directly 'about' the Lumière...

    After Lumière – l'Arroseur arrosé
  • 1974
    Time Stepping

    Time Stepping

    Time Stepping

    01974HD

    “The film image is a row of boarded-up town houses pending demolition. Two cameras film in alternation this derelict facade from two changing...

    Time Stepping
  • 2016
    Available Light

    Available Light

    Available Light

    02016HD

    A witty take on the contingencies of the conditions in which to best read Marx. Filmed over 6 days, the time-lapse technique compresses a classic...

    Available Light
  • 1970
    View

    View

    View

    01970HD

    "The film alternates from recording in time-lapse (one frame every ten seconds) to running through the camera at 24 f.p.s. (regular speed). The film...

    View
  • 1978
    Fergus Walking

    Fergus Walking

    Fergus Walking

    01978HD

    Directed by William Raban.

    Fergus Walking
  • 2020
    Laki Haze

    Laki Haze

    Laki Haze

    02020HD

    Following the eruption of the Lakakigar volcano, Iceland in 1783, a sulphurous haze shrouded vaste swathes of the northern hemisphere, causing...

    Laki Haze
  • 2016
    London Republic

    London Republic

    London Republic

    02016HD

    Made two months in advance of the referendum to decide whether the UK should remain within or leave the European Union, speculates on the outcome of...

    London Republic
  • 2004
    Civil Disobedience

    Civil Disobedience

    Civil Disobedience

    02004HD

    A rapid time-lapse journey from the London Houses of Parliament to the English Channel near the port of Dover is offset by David Cunningham’s...

    Civil Disobedience
  • 1973
    Take Measure

    Take Measure

    Take Measure

    01973HD

    "For this short film event, the film is removed from the film feed reel, and is unwound, to span the space between the projector and screen. The...

    Take Measure
  • 1973
    Diagonal

    Diagonal

    Diagonal

    01973HD

    Three screen piece. "I was looking for a pure image, an image which was intrinsic to the medium of film. This film is not an abstract film; the...

    Diagonal
  • 1973
    Angles of Incidence

    Angles of Incidence

    Angles of Incidence

    01973HD

    “This film is the starting point of a continuous investigation into ways of presenting cubist space in terms of the flat surface of the film...

    Angles of Incidence
  • 1974
    Breath

    Breath

    Breath

    01974HD

    Shot in a remote part of Dartmoor, Breath is structured around a precise score. Three people are each given a camera loaded with 100ft of Kodachrome...

    Breath
  • 1974
    Footsteps

    Footsteps

    Footsteps

    01974HD

    Footsteps is in the manner of a game re-enacted, the game in making was between the camera and actor,the actor and cameraman, and one hundred feet of...

    Footsteps
  • 1972
    Colours of this Time

    Colours of this Time

    Colours of this Time

    01972HD

    Whilst working on previous time-lapse films, I found that colour film tended to record the actual colour of the light source rather than local colour...

    Colours of this Time
  • 1972
    River Yar

    River Yar

    River Yar

    8.51972HD

    A camera recorded one frame every minute (day and night) for two separate three-week periods in autumn and spring. The film is shown on two adjacent...

    River Yar
  • 2019
    Lakakigar

    Lakakigar

    Lakakigar

    02019HD

    With the threat of nuclear conflict between North Korea and America comes the realization that the blast effects of a nuclear strike would be...

    Lakakigar