Barbara Meter Movies

The constant movement of the wheels, threads, sprockets, feet and hands suggests restlessness, and this is paralleled by the soundtrack. The unknown...

A man and a woman sit in front of a window and eat breakfast. Through the window, we see the countryside. During the day, they remain seated at the...

The film has elements of documentary, narrative and avant-garde. In a big house a party is taking place. People arrive and greet each...

Often the images are held for awhile and then left to themselves - only to fade out just as they begin to move. For me this enhances the feeling of...

A very impressive film is Barbara Meter's 'Distance to Nearby.' The film is a dramatic reconstruction of memory. The memory of the alienation and...

An attempt to communicate the feeling of evaporation, of disappearing and slipping away of the fragile material which is called time.

After eight years of feminist activism, ANDANTE MA NON TROPPO was Meters’ first step back towards experimental film. The camera observes a...

People embarking on a small boat - the bustle and confusion of it. A walk and a song. A villiage square, men with coffee, women with children, and...

A film by Barbara Meter