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Tom Chomont

Overview

Tom Chomont was a prominent figure of the New York underground film world, and made films for over 40 years. Tom Chomont was a longtime HIV and Parkinson’s Disease survivor and sadly died on June 28, 2010.

“Tom Chomont’s films are at once highly poetic and carefully controlled personal statements, and so private both in form and subject matter that they become almost hermetic…the instability of human existence, the poles of all -encompassing imagination on the one hand and nothingness and death on the other, are the notions underlying these works.” – Fred Camper

From 1962 through 1989, Tom Chomont made over 40 films. All but two of his films are silent and all are short, ranging from less than 1 minute to 16 minutes. Perhaps, the subtitle of his film Phases of the Moon best characterizes his film work: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life. His films, often portraits of friends, are a lyric evocation of the ordinary world, but at the same time they bear witness to an unabashedly spiritual and sexual parallel universe. His incomparable technique of offsetting color positive and high contrast black and white negative creates a subtly beautiful and richly evocative, otherworldly aura.

Since 1990, he has worked exclusively in video. The videos are hard-edged and raw. While many center around explicit s&m imagery, they go beyond the performative aspects of sadomasochistic practice and become an entrée to a transcendent and philosophical other world.

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Acting
2003 Early Monthly Segments Actor N/A
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2002 Tom Actor Himself 59
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1998 Panic Bodies Actor N/A
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1997 Birth of a Nation Actor Self 58
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1967 Spiracle Actor N/A
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1966 Galaxie Actor Self N/A
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1994 Spider Jan.16.91 Directing Director N/A
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1994 Aquarium Directing Director N/A
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1984 Joe's Maison Directing Director N/A
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1984 Razor Head Directing Director N/A
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1979 Minor Revisions Directing Director N/A
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1978 Earth Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Heavens Directing Director N/A
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1973 Re: Incarnation Directing Director N/A
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1972 Research Directing Director N/A
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1972 Lijn II Directing Director N/A
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1971 Love Objects Directing Director N/A
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1970 Portret Directing Director N/A
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1970 Aria Directing Director N/A
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1969 The Cat Lady Directing Director 59
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1969 Oblivion Directing Director 59
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1969 Untitled Directing Director N/A
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1969 Gloria in the Glass Directing Director N/A
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1969 A Persian Rug Directing Director N/A
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1968 Epilog/Siam Directing Director N/A
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1968 Phases of the Moon: The Parapsychology of Everyday Life Directing Director N/A
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1967 Jabbok Directing Director N/A
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1967 Morpheus In Hell Directing Director N/A
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1967 The Mirror Garden Directing Director N/A
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1966 Mona Lysa Directing Director N/A
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1966 Anthony Directing Director N/A
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1965 Flames Directing Director N/A
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1965 Night Blossoms Directing Director N/A
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Inner Sanctum Directing Director N/A
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