Robert Frank Movies

  • 1994
    Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

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    "Today memory creeps along the wall at Seven Bleecker. In the back of my eyes, longings and obsessions, Outside someone is yelling Robert! I love New...

    Moving Pictures
  • 1989
    Hunter

    Hunter

    Hunter

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    In the words of Robert Frank, Hunter is about “. . . a man whose destiny is not to find a destination. . . . A man who fears that he will never...

    Hunter
  • 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
  • 1996
    Summer Cannibals

    Summer Cannibals

    Summer Cannibals

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    In this punkish, puckish music video for a song from Patti Smith’s 1996 album Gone Again, Frank borrows Catholic signifiers from past films...

    Summer Cannibals
  • 2000
    Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

    Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

    Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom

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    Full Blossom: The Life Of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom takes a look at Blossom's work onscreen, as well as the man behind the camera, examining his...

    Full Blossom: The Life of Poet/Actor Roberts Blossom
  • 1972
    About Us

    About Us

    About Us

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    In Fall of 1971, artist Robert Frank came to Rochester, NY to conduct a course on filmmaking at the recently established alternative art school,...

    About Us
  • 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...
  • 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
  • 1982
    Contemporary Photography in America

    Contemporary Photography in America

    Contemporary Photography in America

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    The film of Michael Engler from the year 1982 showing the different methods of operation of photgraphers Harry Callahan, Mark Cohen, Robert Frank,...

    Contemporary Photography in America
  • 2005
    Sanyu

    Sanyu

    Sanyu

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    Sanyu (1901-1964), an important Chinese artist, was a friend of Robert Frank's who died in anonymity in Paris. In this film portrait, Frank creates a...

    Sanyu
  • 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
  • 1975
    Keep Busy

    Keep Busy

    Keep Busy

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    The protagonists’ astounding verbal gymnastics and often incomprehensible interactions tend to descend into nonsense, and with the syncopated...

    Keep Busy
  • 2004
    True Story

    True Story

    True Story

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    “Tell the truth and shame the devil”: Robert Frank had turned 80 when he set out to make True Story, repurposing still photographs, home...

    True Story