For more than 25 years Jon Behrens has worked completely outside of the mainstream conception of what filmmaking is , He began to make films as a teenager in the late seventies, starting out with his Grandfathers Wollensak regular 8mm camera and then moving on to 16mm shortly there after. Since the age of 16 Behrens has made well over 100 films of various lengths , subject matters and approaches, from documents of the early Seattle punk rock scene to poetic film experiments in which the celluloid film stock itself has been manipulated. Over the years Jon has And has screened his films both Nationally and Internationally . and has been called one of the Northwest’s most prolific filmmakers This DVD brings for the first time on Home video 16 of Jon Behrens’ better known works from the past twenty years. The Films on this disc have all been digitally remasterd from newly minted 16 & 35mm prints. This collection of films have been hand picked by Behrens’ long time companion and muse Barbara Evans.

All films in a printable format

	The Astrum Argentium directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 2006, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 THE ASTRUM ARGENTIUM Is the third film in a series that is being called the Anomalies cycle. It is mostly a hand painted and step printed film. This time I used stained glass dyes and also experimented wit... more info
	Vernal Obeisance directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 2003, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 "The second collaboration I did with R.K. Adams, we proceeded to experiment with the Idea of using panels in our films. When we talked about doing this we decided that we wanted to pay homage to the upcoming ... more info
	Undercurrents directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1994, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 Music by Rubato -This film was the third and final installment of my Urban Landscape Series and is my personal favorite of the three. In this film I utilized all the techniques that I had learned over the yea... more info
	Kodachrome Revisited directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1987, 00:00:00 Music by Throbbing Gristle - I made this film by shooting around 180 rolls of 35mm slide film. I then hand processed the film in a very sloppy manner. I never mounted the film into slides I simply took the 35... more info
	Fluffy Fluffy Calm Calm directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1998, 00:00:00 Is sort of a film poem it is the story of the week in the life of an eyeball. The viewer sees the eyeball darting around and also sees what the eyeball sees as well. The week has been condensed down to 4 min.... more info
	Anomalies of the Unconscious directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 2003, 00:00:00 Sound design by Negativland This is the second film of the Anomalies Cycle. It is a hand Painted and manipulated film. I also used the technique of bleaching and batiking of the film emulsion. The footage wa... more info
	All Saints Day II directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 2002, 00:00:00 This film is a collaboration with filmmaker Joel Schlemowitz , on ALL SAINTS DAY 2001 we each shot 100 ft of film, at the same time of the day , 3000 miles apart, and we did not tell each other what we shot. ... more info
	Proustian Neurosis directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1999, 00:00:00 Music by Rubato - This film is a collaboration with friend and filmmaker, Mia Roozen Separately filming footage, unknown to the other, and splicing it together to create an abstract prosaic, a symphony of sig... more info
	Stans Salon directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1997, 00:00:00 I was in Boulder Col. on holiday when I attended one of Stan Brakhage's film salons that he hosted. I saw some very incredible images that night and got to meet the grand master himself. I was so inspired by ... more info
	A Little Splinter of Time directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1995, 00:00:00 There was once a wonderful cinema in Seattle Wash called the Pike St. Cinema. It was owned and operated by Dennis Nyback for about 3 1/2 years this cinema played the best films no one else would show. This fi... more info
	Desert Abstractions directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1997, 00:00:00 Music by Rubato - This is a film that I had wanted to make for many years. It was not until the summer of 1996 that I actually got it together and shot it. Again with the help of Steve Creson we packed up all... more info
	The Flickering of the Minds Eye directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 2000, 00:00:00 This film is made up of hand painted and batiked sections of film that I then step printed on an optical printer. I also used fingers, potatoes, sponges to print textures and patterns. The film was then cut i... more info
	Exposures directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1989, 00:00:00 Spoken word by Kelley K. Vance sound by Mary Lake - I made this film in the early months of 1989. I was experimenting with my newly purchased Bolex camera. This film is a study in urban landscapes and multipl... more info
	Six Arms - Homage to Mekas directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 2006, 00:00:00 I was asked to participate in a film program were filmmakers were asked to each shoot a 100ft roll of film in the style of legendary filmmaker Jonas Mekas. This short burst cinematic film diary was shot on a... more info
	Reflections directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 1992, 00:00:00 This film was the second installment of what I call the Urban Landscape Series . The film is more like an extension my earlier film Exposures, but this time I made a much more valiant attempt to say what I wa... more info
	The Last Ten Minutes of Existence directed by Jon Behrens, and USA, Experimental, 2000, 00:00:00 This is a film that I had planed on making for more than two years before I began to shoot it. The Idea was to shoot an entire 400 ft. magazine of film from start to finish without stopping. When news came th... more info

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