Tom Chomont

From 1962 through 1989, Tom Chomont made over forty films. All but two of his films are silent and all are short, ranging from less than one minute to 16 minutes. Perhaps the subtitle of Chomont’s film “Phases of the Moon” best characterizes his film work: “The Parapsychology of Everyday Life.” His films, often portraits of friends, are a lyric evocation of the ordinary world, but at the same time they bear witness to an unabashedly spiritual and sexual parallel universe. His incomparabl…