Robert Frank Movies
- 1996
The Present
The Present4.61996HD
Simple objects, photographs, and events prompt Frank to self-conscious rumination. From his homes in New York and Nova Scotia and on visits to...
- 1980
Project Tesla
Project Tesla01980HD
This rarely screened film was used to raise funds for the making of Energy and How to Get It. High-energy physicist Robert Golka was granted a lease...
- 1970
Untitled 1971
Untitled 197101970HD
Billboards and American flags and pinball machines, empty corridors and bustling classrooms, the clowning faces of the students at Reed...
- 2000
Fragments
Fragments02000HD
Fragments originated as a film installation that was projected onto a hanging screen as part of the 2000 exhibition Hold Still, Keep Going at the...
- 1971
Conversations in Vermont
Conversations in Vermont71971HD
Produced in 1969, this was Frank’s first autobiographical film, telling the story of a father’s relationship with his two teenaged...
- 1971
About Me: A Musical
About Me: A Musical51971HD
A Musical Set in New York City
- 1996
Flamingo
Flamingo01996HD
Is this house getting built or demolished? Robert Frank’s poetic visual report packed with disorienting close-ups leaves it up to the viewer to...
- 1985
Home Improvements
Home Improvements01985HD
Home Improvements, Robert Frank’s first video project, is a simple and poignant diary of consequential events. It is about the relationship...
- 1980
Life Dances On...
Life Dances On...01980HD
Life Dances On is Robert Frank’s most personal and emotional work because it deals directly with his family and close friends. The film is...
- 1998
I Remember
I Remember01998HD
Dedicated from one great photographer to another, I Remember reenacts an afternoon spent with Alfred Steiglitz. Robert Frank plays Steiglitz, Frank...
- 2002
Paper Route
Paper Route02002HD
In a simple, sensitive and entertaining video film, Robert Frank accompanies his local newspaper delivery boy during his morning round one chilly...
- 1972
This Is a Film About
This Is a Film About01972HD
In the early 1970s Robert Frank and the Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka led a workshop at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where students...
- 1959
Pull My Daisy Production Footage
Pull My Daisy Production Footage01959HD
Shot in Alfred Leslie’s Bowery loft on Fourth Avenue and 12th Street, this silent production footage belies the long-held belief that Pull My...
- 1969
Life-Raft Earth
Life-Raft Earth01969HD
Liferaft Earth opens with a newspaper report from Hayward, California: "Sandwiched between a restaurant and supermarket, 100 anti-population...