Robert Frank Movies

  • 1996
    The Present

    The Present

    The Present

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    Simple objects, photographs, and events prompt Frank to self-conscious rumination. From his homes in New York and Nova Scotia and on visits to...

    The Present
  • 1980
    Project Tesla

    Project Tesla

    Project Tesla

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    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...

    Project Tesla
  • 1970
    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

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    Billboards and American flags and pinball machines, empty corridors and bustling classrooms, the clowning faces of the students at Reed...

    Untitled 1971
  • 2000
    Fragments

    Fragments

    Fragments

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    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...

    Fragments
  • 1971
    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

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    Produced in 1969, this was Frank’s first autobiographical film, telling the story of a father’s relationship with his two teenaged...

    Conversations in Vermont
  • 1971
    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

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    A Musical Set in New York City

    About Me: A Musical
  • 1996
    Flamingo

    Flamingo

    Flamingo

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    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...

    Flamingo
  • 1985
    Home Improvements

    Home Improvements

    Home Improvements

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    Home Improvements, Robert Frank’s first video project, is a simple and poignant diary of consequential events. It is about the relationship...

    Home Improvements
  • 1980
    Life Dances On...

    Life Dances On...

    Life Dances On...

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    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...

    Life Dances On...
  • 1998
    I Remember

    I Remember

    I Remember

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    Dedicated from one great photographer to another, I Remember reenacts an afternoon spent with Alfred Steiglitz. Robert Frank plays Steiglitz, Frank...

    I Remember
  • 2002
    Paper Route

    Paper Route

    Paper Route

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    In a simple, sensitive and entertaining video film, Robert Frank accompanies his local newspaper delivery boy during his morning round one chilly...

    Paper Route
  • 1972
    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    01972HD

    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...

    This Is a Film About
  • 1959
    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

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    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...

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage
  • 1969
    Life-Raft Earth

    Life-Raft Earth

    Life-Raft Earth

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    Liferaft Earth opens with a newspaper report from Hayward, California: "Sandwiched between a restaurant and supermarket, 100 anti-population...

    Life-Raft Earth