Cooper's Hawk

Cooper's Hawk (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of a Cooper's Hawk on a falconer's perch in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Reciprocal Motion

Reciprocal Motion (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of hot dogs on the rollers at the gas station.

Seamless Web

Seamless Web (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video from a window in my mother's house. I went home to Santa Rosa for her last few days. This spider stood guard & held on, just like she did.

Mermaid

Mermaid (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of the mermaid fountain in the rinky-dink shopping center near my mother's house in Santa Rosa. The statue has gotten just a bit mangier every year.

Omu's Nuts

Omu's Nuts (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of my brother Michael making candied almonds the way my grandmother did. It's a secret, so don't ask.

Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent 1 minute.

Lumiere video of the Camera Obscura behind the Cliff House, arguably the most perfect attraction to ever exist. Simple, sublime, ageless.

Summer Storm

Summer Storm (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of a summer thunderstorm in Troy, New York.

Kaaterskill

Kaaterskill (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kaaterskill falls, halfway up.

10 Center

10 Center (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of the bar in a Newburyport, Massachusetts restaurant.

Pianoman

Pianoman (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of piano busker on Father Demo Square in Greenwich Village.

Arboretum

Arboretum (2008) by Brian L. Frye & Andrea Scott; video, color, silent, 2 minutes.
During the Flaherty Film Seminar at Colgate University, I lent Andie Scott my Vidster. She returned it well-used. These are selections from what she recorded.

Mixologist

Mixologist (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Pablo de Ocampo mixing cocktails at the Flaherty Film Seminar at Colgate University.

Board Meeting

Board Meeting (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Flaherty Film Seminar board meeting at Colgate University.

Freakshow

Freakshow (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 20 seconds.

Lumiere video of the Mechanical Museum's Monster Machine in action.

Sutro

Sutro (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of the San Francisco shore at the ruins of the Sutro Baths.

Lemon Drop

Lemon Drop (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of life & its discontents. A drink & a kiss makes it all worthwhile.

Cliff House

Cliff House (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Sharon on her cell, contemplating the ineffable.

Electric Boogie

Electric Boogie (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 30 seconds.

Lumiere video of flapper dancing on Governor's Island.

Operators

Operators (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of visitors "playing the building" with David Byrne.

Cupcake

Cupcake (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of children spying on their favorite treats.

Storm King

Storm King (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of kinetic sculpture at Storm King, spinning in the wind before the rain, camera choking on dead batteries.

Ferris

Ferris (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of a rinky dink ferris wheel at a Chelsea street fair, camera choking on dead batteries.

Miss Olson

Miss Olson (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Lizzie Olson playing the newsreader at Odessa Diner.

Ciccone Youth

Ciccone Youth (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Patrick Ciccone on his 27th birthday at the Odessa Diner. 

Harmony

Harmony (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 5 minutes.

Harmony Korine discusses his new film, Mister Lonely (2007) after the screening at IFC.  He's actually quite amusing.  And thoughtful, in a slightly pugnacious way.

Ashes & Dust

Ashes & Dust (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.
Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer eating a cupcake at the Cupcake Cafe.

Jersey Sunset

Jersey Sunset (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of the sun setting over New Jersey, taken from Battery Park.

Conrad

Conrad (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 2 minutes.

Tony Conrad & MV Carbon perform Nautical Almanac at Chashama as part of La Superette.

Battery Tulips

Battery Tulips (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of a tulip bed at the cross of Broad & Water Streets.

33 rpm

33 rpm (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of my apartment, made by placing the Vidster on my record player, spinning at 33 rpm.

Reflexology

Reflexology (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video in which Asger demonstrates the proper method for obtaining an involuntary nervous response.

Odalisque

Odalisque (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.
Lumiere video of The T.J. Hooper lounging on a sunny windowsill, late Saturday morning.

Masonic Man Man

Masonic Man Man (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 30 seconds.

Lumiere video of Man Man performing at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Surly sez they ooze testosterone.

B&H Dairy

B&H Dairy (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of B&H Dairy on 2nd Street.

Toilette

Toilette (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer, becoming The Philistine.

Tex-Mex

Tex-Mex (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer as The Philistine, refreshing herself with a glass of sangria after a guerilla film shoot at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Cleopatra's Needle

Cleopatra's Needle (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer as The Philistine at Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park.

Fools!

Fools! (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video. Bradley Eros, Joel Schlemowitz & Brian L. Frye performing in a Dylanesque mode.

American Pastime

American Pastime (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video. Softball in McCarren Park & a camera choking on dying batteries.

Incidents of Sovereignty

Incidents of Sovereignty (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video of Kron Vollmer performing part of "Sovereignty," near the South Street Seaport.

Big Nick's

Big Nick's (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video.

Brownian Motion

Brownian Motion (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 30 seconds.

Lumiere video.

Imperial View

Imperial View (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1  minute.

Lumiere video.

Coffee Crystals

Coffee Crystals (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 20 seconds.

Lumiere video.

Foucault Pendulum

Foucault Pendulum (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 45 seconds.

Lumiere Video.

Aleutian Veil

Aleutian Veil (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, silent, 1 minute.

Lumiere video.

The Soft & The Hard

The Soft & The Hard (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 3 minutes.

Several years ago, Keith Sanborn & Peggy Ahwesh asked a slew of people to write a short essay about a mystery frame from Dziga Vertov's Man With a Movie Camera. Here, I read my contribution. It isn't what I'd write today. But the sentiments stand.

Williwaw

Williwaw (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 4 minutes.

The Aleutian Islands are notorious for the williwaw, a violent wind whipping down sheer cliffs to the sea at over a hundred miles an hour.  In the meantime, the islands abide.

M/V Tustumena

M/V Tustumena (2008) by Brian L. Frye; video, color, sound, 10 minutes.
Every summer, the M/V Tustumena runs from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor every two weeks. The trip takes about three days. This is my diary of the voyage. The coda is Dutch Harbor and Unalaska.