The Art of Worldly Wisdom is a thought-provoking experimental film that explores the boundaries of traditional filmmaking. It delves into the realm of avant-garde cinema, pushing the limits of visual storytelling and narrative structure. Through its unique approach, the film challenges viewers to question their perception of cinema and invites them to interpret its abstract form.

This film is an act of celebration ... He produces -- with light and colour, sound, stillness and movement -- the ineluctable rhythm and energy of the natural world.

Inspired by remarks made by Freud, "Eros nowhere makes its intentions more clear than in the desire to make two things one." and by Nietzsche, "What must these people have suffered to have become this beautiful."

Et Resurrectus Est is a thought-provoking experimental film that delves into the depths of the human psyche. Through a series of disjointed scenes and abstract visuals, the film explores themes of life, death, and rebirth. The viewer is taken on a surreal journey that challenges their perception of reality and leaves them questioning the nature of existence.

"evokes absence through elliptical continuity and loneliness through the repetition of ... archetypal images" Ian Birnie

Burying the Dead (Into the Light) is a visually striking animated film that delves into the mysteries of life, death, and rebirth. Through mesmerizing visuals and abstract storytelling, the movie takes viewers on a surreal journey that explores the interconnectedness of all existence.

The titular film of region three of Elder's Book of All the Dead

Illuminated Texts is a 1982 documentary mystery film that dives into the world of experimental and avant-garde texts. It unravels the secrets and complexities of this unique literary genre, showcasing the innovative minds behind these groundbreaking pieces. This film takes viewers on a captivating journey, revealing the hidden meanings and artistic brilliance of experimental literature.

Like Ezekiel's vision in the valley of the dry bones, a typos of a new beginning. In among all the feelings of loss and deprivation there occur intimations of final culbute général, of the dissolution of time, of a now that vanishes between the no long and the not yet.

Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 3: The Body and the World is an experimental film that explores the connection between the human body and the surrounding world, delving into complex themes of time, existence, and meaning.

Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 1: The Fugitive Gods is an experimental documentary that delves into the philosophical and metaphysical aspects of time and love. The film explores the concept of time as a fluid and elusive entity, and delves into the various dimensions of love through interviews, artistic expressions, and thought-provoking imagery. It offers a unique perspective on the intertwining nature of time and love.

"A beatific vision of the imaginary landscape of paradise, inspired by the poetry of ... Blake." Pacific Cinematheque

A movie released in 1978

A close container for chance elements. Together with She Is Away, makes apparent some features of the material form of which the entire cycle would be composed.

Video transformations of documentary footage of a woman giving birth, assisted by members of a religious commune. Isolation confronts the communal, the gruesome confronts the holy in this most mysterious of events.

"Inspired by the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke, Louis Zukofsky and Ezra Pound ... Elder's latest film .. is a visually lush collage," and "ironic attempt to construct a Divine Comedy for modern times." Jim Shedden

The memory of a nearly perfect evening.

The optical manipulation of tone, shape, line and movement creates a purely cinematic choreography.

Newton was the greatest of all the natural magicians, learned in matters musical, theological and in Apocalyptic literature. He believed bodies were composed of "certain aetheral spirits or vapours"; one ... is the ether, "the succus nutritius of the earth, or primary substance"; the second substance disseminated through the first, is light.

Consolations (Love Is an Art of Time) Part 2: The Lighted Clearing is a poetic experimental film that delves into the intricate relationship between time and love. It takes the audience on a journey of self-discovery and contemplation, challenging conventional notions of art and storytelling. The film invites viewers to explore the depths of their own emotions and perceptions, offering a unique and thought-provoking cinematic experience.