Barry Spinello

Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

Barry Spinello

From 1967-71 Barry Spinello made films without camera or tape recorder by hand drawing both sound and picture directly onto clear 16mm leader. His interest and education (at Columbia) was in music, painting, and poetry. His effort was to merge these three: “to squeeze sound and picture out of the same tube – to weave a cloth with warp as sound, woof as picture, and meaning the fabric itself."

Massage Parlor Wife

Barry Spinello

Serena

Envelope-pushing drama

Soundtrack

Barry Spinello, Barry Spinello

Black and white with some color hand-applied to each print, hand-painted image, hand-painted sound.

Colored Relations

Barry Spinello

Abstract animation.

Daylight

Barry Spinello, Barry Spinello

This film is my bridge from filmpainting to live-action filmmaking. A grant from a former teacher, through the National Counsel of Churches, enabled me to purchase camera, tape recorder, and editing equipment. DAYLIGHT combines filmpainting and live-action techniques. It took two years to make and starts with the words: "And so the journey ends." Although some people at the time called it a very moving film, I haven't looked at it in 20 years.