A Tale About the Blue Cloak

The Beach

Reworked and colored images of people playing at the seashore.

1992

Posted No Hunting

An encounter in the woods is captured on a trail cam.

2021

Adamski

A subjective view of an UFO. Shot frame-by-frame along the Tama River.

2008

Edward Scissorhands

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

1990

The Rediscovered Paradise

Adam and Eve are cast out of Eden. They discover that flowers can bring both joy and solace.

1925

Episodes in the Life of a Gin Bottle

A gin bottle is personified with a spirit. As the gin bottle changes hands the spirit of the bottle tempts the various possessors to take a drink. A p

1925

Sara's School Life

Sara is the protector of her brother Soma. In order to keep Soma's feelings from being hurt, Sara must face six rivals.

2020

Kapaemahu

Long ago, four extraordinary beings of dual male and female spirit, led by Kapaemahu, brought certain healing arts from Tahiti to Hawaii and were love

2020

Shrek

It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the cl

2001

Shrek 2

Shrek, Fiona, and Donkey set off to Far, Far Away to meet Fiona's mother and father, the Queen and King. But not everyone is happily ever after. Shrek

2004

Mords-les !

Follow Brigitte Fontaine as she wanders in the streets of Morlaix.

2020

The Owl & the Pussycat

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

1968

Scratching and Painting on Film

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform

1968

Yak

Jarnow's first work for Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop - yak is a goofy take on the letter "Y."

1970

Tondo

Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating etc

1973

Four Quadrant Exercise

Intended to be an "animation machine," Four Quadrant Exercise finds Jarnow adapting a perspective system, enabling him to render complex motions almos

1975

Rotating Cubic Grid

The primary motif in this silent picture is a grid that controls the shapes and motions of forms contained within the framework of a rotating cube. Co

1975

Hook

The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and ki

1991

Kali, the Little Vampire

This is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.

2012

Eternal Return

A poet and a spirit have an ongoing deal: Haiku for life.

2022