Film and Fiber Favorites

Compiled by Sabrina Gschwandtner and Fiberarts editor Marci Rae McDade

Here is a list of some of our favorite moving image works—exceptionally beautiful, funny, important reminders of the historical and continued power of handcraft.

Knitoscope Testimonies by microRevolt [founded by Cat Mazza www.microrevolt.org], 2006, video

Video Weavings, Stephen Beck, 1976, video

Like It Or Not by Architecture in Helsinki, Josh Logue, 2008

Bayeux Tapestry, David Newton, 2007

Errant Behaviors, Anne Wilson, 2004
(click on image below to visit the artist's website with animation)

Walkie Talkie Man, Michel Gondry, 2004, video
(click on image below to view the Youtube video)

FEATURE-LENGTH MOVIES THAT INCLUDE FIBER:

Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Blake Edwards, 1961
Coraline, Henry Selick, 2009
Dancing at Lughnasa, Pat O’Connor, 1998
Gone with the Wind, Victor Fleming, 1939
Handmade Nation, Faythe Levine, 2009
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Garth Jennings, 2005
Like Water for Chocolate, Alfonso Arau, 1992
The Price of Milk, Harry Sinclair, 2000
The Science of Sleep, Michel Gondry, 2006
Wallace and Gromit in A Close Shave, Nick Park, 1995,
Wanted, 2008, Timur Bekmambetov
Wool 100%, Mai Tominaga, 2006