Jeff Scher
Reasons to be Glad
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Original format 16mm
Year 1980-2017
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Jeff Scher
Running time 80 min
Films
NYC (1976, restored version 2017) 2'
YOU WON'T REMEMBER THIS (2007) 2'
REASONS TO BE GLAD (1980) 3'
AREA STRIATA (1985) 3'
MILK OF AMNESIA (1992) 6'
GARDEN OF REGRETS (1994) 7'
NERVE TONIC (1995) 2'
TRIGGER HAPPY (1997) 5'
YOU WON'T REMEMBER THIS EITHER (2009) 2'
YOURS (1997) 3'
POST-CARDS FROM WARREN (1998) 1'
TURKISH TRAFFIC (1998) 3'
ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL (1998) 1'
BANG BANG (1998) 4'
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS (2011) 3'
SID (1998) 3'
GRAND CENTRAL (1999) 15'
ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL (2000) 1'
SPIN CYCLE (2003) 1'
STILL LOAF WITH GUITAR (2003) 2'
LOST AND FOUND (2004) 3'
TUNNEL VISION (2013) 4'
A VISIT TO JEFF SCHER'S STUDIO by Pip Chodorov (2004) 10'
Description
"A lot of my films were real experiments — I start by simply asking myself 'what would happen if...' Ideas come from everywhere — friends' animals, objects picked up on the street, the gait of an obese person in shoes that are too tight, or the way two watercolor tones blend to make a hundred new colors. Some of these films begin with a love of film and a greedy desire to fill each frame with as many colors and shapes as possible."
— Jeff Scher
"When it comes to courting the Rotoscope, Jeff Scher is on top of the world, Mom."
—Adolfas Mekas