Barbara Rosenthal

In "PREGNANCY DREAMS" Barbara Rosenthal, nude and nine months pregnant, reads from her Journal dreams of filthy bathrooms, impeccably clothed men, and other parallels. Originally shot in Super-8 film by Bill Creston (seen nude in the mirror with his camera on this very hot August day) as tests of filmstocks for his recording of the birth and subsequent film "OLA: A FILM BY HER FATHER", "PREGNANCY DREAMS" was greeted by calls of outrage when premiered at BACA (The Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association) in 1979, but digitally remastered in 2005, it has gained an increasingly receptive audience through the years. By Barbara Rosenthal (1975, Super-8/DVD NTSC, 4 mins., color & B&W, sound)

An experimental documentation of Barbara Rosenthal's pregnancy and the birth of Ola Creston, as filmed by Ola's father.

Barbara Rosenthal, naked and pregnant, paints a wall.

Segments of quick images from city and country, with original improvised diaglog.

4 Super-8 Film Short-Shorts. PEANUT BUTTER, WATER, STARS, EXECUTION, and THE EXECUTION. The master absurdist Bill Creston acts as well as directs, with his usual ensemble cast.

In "PREGNANCY DREAMS" Barbara Rosenthal, nude and nine months pregnant, reads from her Journal dreams of filthy bathrooms, impeccably clothed men, and other parallels. Originally shot in Super-8 film by Bill Creston (seen nude in the mirror with his camera on this very hot August day) as tests of filmstocks for his recording of the birth and subsequent film "OLA: A FILM BY HER FATHER", "PREGNANCY DREAMS" was greeted by calls of outrage when premiered at BACA (The Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association) in 1979, but digitally remastered in 2005, it has gained an increasingly receptive audience through the years. By Barbara Rosenthal (1975, Super-8/DVD NTSC, 4 mins., color & B&W, sound)

Barbara Rosenthal, naked and pregnant, paints a wall.

Barbara Rosenthal, naked and pregnant, paints a wall.

In this short absurdist narrative, casting himself once again as an elderly derelict approached by a passerby. Creston explores conventionality and unconventionality, need and desire, pride and the human condition.