CVM Store: Fischinger Material

Films include Spirals, Study Nr. 6, Study Nr. 7, Kreise (Circles), Allegretto, Radio Dynamics, Motion Painting no. 1; plus three of Fischinger's very first films: Wax Experiments, Spiritual Constructions, and Walking from Munich to Berlin. Bonus features include Home Movies from Fischinger's Berlin Studio c. 1931, never-released early experiments and animation tests, a selection of paintings and photographs, film notes and a biography.

NTSC, region-free. Produced by Center for Visual Music, 2006 (in association with the Fischinger Archive and Jack Rutberg Fine Arts). B/w & color, sound and silent.

"If you love animation, or modern art, or computer graphics, consider it a must" Leonard Maltin

Purchase for private home use:

$30. Home use ONLY, no other permissions are included, public performance is not allowed

Purchase for University or Library use: $200. Use this link to order for institutions, with a limited educational license (public performance rights are not included, permissions are for classroom and library use only.)

You can also order for private home use through this special order page (shipping is lower through this link for international customers).

The Contemplative Films of Oskar Fischinger. Videotape, NTSC. Contains Spirals, Spiritual Constructions, Study 6, Liebesspiel, Radio Dynamics, and Motion Painting No. 1. Released by CVM and The Elfriede Fischinger Trust, December 2004.

Private home use $40. Institutions $150 (does not include public performance rights)

OSKAR FISCHINGER. Documentary (Camera 3 series, CBS, 1977). Exploration of the film work of the painter, abstract artist, engineer, animator and film artist Oskar Fischinger, with many clips of his work. Commentary by his widow Elfriede Fischinger, by writer William Moritz, both interviewed by film animator-historian John Canemaker. 28 mins, VHS ntsc (also available in pal, inquire).

$70 (does not include public performance rights)

CVM Note: Film historian John Canemaker's amusing article regarding the taping of this show, and the travels of Elfriede and Bill to New York, was originally published in Funnyworld Magazine, No. 18, Summer 1978, and is online at the Fischinger Archive website: Elfriede! On the Road with Mrs. Oskar Fischinger

CVMB6. William Moritz's Oskar Fischinger biography, Optical Poetry, signed by author. Only two signed copies available. Softcover, 2004.

We are out of stock on regular sales copies of William Moritz's book Optical Poetry, please purchase regular (unsigned) copies online through amazon.com or through our links page.

CVMB1. Film Culture No. 58-59-60, 1974. Contains Moritz's first biography/critical study of Oskar Fischinger (151 pgs). temporarily unavailable

CVMB4. Oskar Fischinger - Gallery 609 Exhibition Catalog from 1980 Exhibition, features 18 large color reproductions of Fischinger's paintings, plus text by the curator on Fischinger, and by Elfriede Fischinger. Excellent resource for the study of Fischinger's paintings. Paperback, $30 only a few left

CVMB9. First Light exhibition catalog, from 1998 film exhibition series at Anthology Film Archives, New York. Includes essays by William Moritz, P. Adams Sitney, Bruce Elder, Fred Camper, Robert Haller, Elfriede Fischinger, Ying Tan and others, on Jordan Belson, James Whitney, Oskar Fischinger, Stan Brakhage, Hans Richter, Jim Davis and many others; 114 pages. $12.00

CVMB10. Cantrill's Filmnotes No. 47/48 (August 1985). Contains William Moritz's comprehensive essay, "Towards A Visual Music," which discusses the history of VM pre-Aristotle through Kircher, Castel, Kastner, Scriabin, Hector, Rimington, Klein, Blanc-Gatti, Fischinger, Wilfred, Greenewalt, Laszlo, Dockum, Scroggins, Belson, others. 71 pages, b/w. $20.

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Via Check - For dvds, videos and books, add $5.50 shipping for first item, .50 for each additional item. CA residents please add 8.25% tax.
Via University/Institutional PO - contact us at CVM Store. NOTE: Institutional rates listed do not include public performance rights, only classroom use and non-paying educational use is permitted. Museum exhibitions do NOT fall under these categories; no usage in museum exhibitions is permitted for any of the dvds or videos sold by CVM, please inquire for information on additional permissions and procedures for such requests.

Mailing address: Center for Visual Music, 453 S. Spring Street, Suite 834, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213-683-1514).

Prices listed do not include shipping. Please allow up to 2 weeks to fulfill order; most ship within 3 business days. International orders ship via airmail.

For additional information, please contact CVM Store. Four images at top of page (c) Elfriede Fischinger Trust.