Robert Frank Movies

  • 1971
    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

    71971HD

    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
  • 2022
    June and Robert Kara and Me

    June and Robert Kara and Me

    June and Robert Kara and Me

    02022HD

    "In the summer of 2019 Kara [Walker] and I took our second and final visit to see Robert Frank and June Leaf at their place in Mabou, Nova Scotia....

    June and Robert Kara and Me
  • 1992
    Last Supper

    Last Supper

    Last Supper

    01992HD

    In an empty lot in Harlem, an elite group of New Yorkers prepares for a book-signing party given in honor of a writer who never shows up. Local...

    Last Supper
  • 2015
    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

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    Life Goes On
  • 1973
    Sunseed

    Sunseed

    Sunseed

    01973HD

    This documentary explores the growing American interest in the 1970s in Eastern religions and philosophy. The teachings and lifestyles of ten...

    Sunseed
  • 2008
    Fernando

    Fernando

    Fernando

    02008HD

    Robert Frank cared deeply about his friends and family, dedicating many of his photographs and films to them. This, the last video he completed in...

    Fernando
  • 2008
    Tunnel

    Tunnel

    Tunnel

    02008HD

    Commissioned for an event commemorating the ongoing construction of a 21-mile tunnel through the Swiss Alps, Robert Frank’s experimental short...

    Tunnel
  • 2006
    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

    02006HD

    Filmed during the shooting of the Sin of Jesus 1960, this film includes Robert Frank, Dick Bellamy, Mary Frank, and others.

    Robert Frank Films
  • 1970
    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

    01970HD

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

    Untitled 1971
  • 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006

    02024HD

    Super 8, 16mm film, and video transferred to HD video (six-channel projection, color and black and white, sound). Like many artists, Frank kept...

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006
  • 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    02024HD

    After Robert Frank’s death in 2019, film canisters and video tapes were discovered in storage places, containing footage of Frank’s...

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
  • 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
  • 1958
    Provincetown

    Provincetown

    Provincetown

    01958HD

    Robert Frank’s unfinished first film offers a sense of his freewheeling style, an important aspect of his turn from photography to cinema, and...

    Provincetown
  • 1984
    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    01984HD

    Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together countless times over the years, reading to audiences...

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
  • 1998
    I Remember

    I Remember

    I Remember

    01998HD

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

    I Remember
  • 2000
    Fragments

    Fragments

    Fragments

    02000HD

    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
  • 1980
    Project Tesla

    Project Tesla

    Project Tesla

    01980HD

    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
  • 1972
    Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage

    Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage

    Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage

    01972HD

    Invited to shoot the cover for their 1972 album Exile on Main St., Robert Frank developed a relationship with the Rolling Stones that extended beyond...

    Rolling Stones Super 8 Footage
  • 1989
    Run

    Run

    Run

    01989HD

    Jonathan Demme wrote that “Robert Frank’s very short film Run, set to New Order’s tune of the same name, remains one of the most...

    Run
  • 1959
    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

    01959HD

    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