The Jitters
Stills
About
I wanted to create a film with my Bolex 16mm camera that reflects who I am at this moment in my life. I bought my camera in 1987, used. It has lived with me for four decades, and it has witnessed pretty much every aspect of my existence. I decided to shoot my roll of black and white film one frame at a time. With 24 frames in a second, this gave me the chance to work more expansively with the Bolex, pushing its capabilities as far as they might go. “The Jitters” includes three very specific performative elements. My partner Mark Street and I wiggle around, watching and celebrating who we are independently and together. I also include my three pet frogs because I like the way that they wiggle in unison and on their own. These small reptiles have been part of our family’s life for 19 years, they needed to be memorialized on film. Lastly, I bring two bonsai trees into the tableaux, because they too should be applauded, for their persistence and longevity. Strangely enough, they wiggle too, that’s part of the magic of film.
"I love The Jitters. So playful, so fun. (Twerking! The image twerks too, as it were). I went from laughter (at the obvious playfulness of the “models”, Mark’s swivel chair performance) to being moved by the vulnerability, intimacy, and yes, the playful sexiness of your and Mark’s togetherness. I liked the way the image itself got the jitters from the frogs’ jitters moving the water refracting the light waves and the sun drenched nude play of the “models.” It was just a beautiful film to look at and a really emotionally generous viewing experience. Humans, cats, frogs, plants all get the jitters."
- Christopher Harris, filmmaker
Commission by A Century of 16mm at Indiana University Moving Image Archive.
Films
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Still Life With Woman and Four Objects
Lynne Sachs16mm, black and white, sound, 4 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Drawn and Quartered
Lynne Sachs16mm, color, silent, 4 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Following the Object to Its Logical Beginning
Lynne Sachs16mm, color, sound, 9 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Sermons & Sacred Pictures: the life and work of Reverend L.O. Taylor
Lynne Sachs16mm, color and b/w, sound, 29 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
The House of Science: A Museum of False Facts
Lynne Sachs16mm, color, sound, 30 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Which Way Is East
Lynne SachsDVD, color, sound, 33 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimentalNarrative
A Biography of Lilith
Lynne Sachs16mm, color and b/w, sound, 35 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Window Work
Lynne Sachsvideo, color, sound, 9 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Photograph of Wind
Lynne Sachs16mm, color and b/w, sound, 4 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Investigation of a Flame
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 45 minRental formats: 16mm, Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
First Steps in a Terra Incognita
Lynne Sachsvideo, color, sound, 4 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Tornado
Lynne Sachsvideo, color, sound, 4 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
A Collection of Films on DVD Exploring Women, Culture, Science & Myth by Lynne Sachs Vol. 1
Lynne SachsDVD, color and b/w, sound, 65 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
States of UnBelonging
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 63 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Noa, Noa
Lynne Sachs16mm , color and b/w, sound, 8 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreAnimationExperimental
Atalanta: 32 Years Later
Lynne Sachs16mm, color, sound, 5 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Lynne Sachs: 10 Short Films Vol.3
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 62 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
The Small Ones
Lynne SachsDigital, color, sound, 3 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Georgic for a Forgotten Planet
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 8 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Cuadro por Cuadro/ Frame by Frame
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 8 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
The Last Happy Day
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 38 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
The Task of the Translator
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 10 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimentalNarrative
Wind in Our Hair (Con viento en el pelo)
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 42 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Sound of a Shadow
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 10 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Same Stream Twice
Lynne Sachs16mm, color and b/w, silent, 4 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Your Day is My Night
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 65 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Drift and Bough
Lynne Sachsblack and white, sound, 6 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC, super8 - Read MoreExperimental
Starfish Aorta Colossus
Lynne Sachscolor, sound, 5 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentary
Viva and Felix Growing Up
Lynne Sachsblack and white, sound, 10 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Day Residue
Lynne SachsSuper 8mm , color, silent, 3 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
A Year in Notes and Numbers
Lynne Sachsdigital file, color, silent, 4 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Tip of My Tongue
Lynne SachsHD Video, color, sound, 80 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
And Then We Marched
Lynne Sachs16mm and Super 8mm , color, silent, 3 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
The Washing Society
Lynne SachsHD Video, color, sound, 44 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
Lynne Sachsdigital file , color, sound, 9 minRental formats: Digital file, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
A Month of Single Frames
Lynne Sachsdigital file, color, sound, 14 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
Orange Glow
Lynne Sachsdigital file, color, sound, 1.26 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
Visit to Bernadette Mayer’s Childhood Home
Lynne Sachsdigital file, black and white, sound, 3 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
Girl is Presence
Lynne Sachsdigital file, color, sound, 4 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
E•pis•to•lar•y: letter to Jean Vigo
Lynne Sachsdigital file, black and white, sound, 5 minRental format: Digital file - Read MoreExperimental
Maya at 24
Lynne Sachsdigital file, color, sound, 4 minRental format: Digital file - Read More
Figure and I
Lynne SachsDigital, color, silent, 4 min - Read MoreExperimental
Swerve
Lynne Sachsdigital and S8mm, color, sound, 8 minRental format: Digital file - Read More
She Carries the Holiday in Her Eyes
Lynne SachsDigital, color, silent, 4 min - Read More
Contractions
Lynne SachsDigital, color, sound, 12 min