Bill Morrison Movies

  • 2006
    The Highwater Trilogy

    The Highwater Trilogy

    The Highwater Trilogy

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    Divided into three sections, Bill Morrison's The Highwater Trilogy examines our relationship to the threat of natural disaster by combining archival...

    The Highwater Trilogy
  • 2010
    Spark of Being

    Spark of Being

    Spark of Being

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    Spark of Being, a close adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, explores the thematic interchangeability of three of the...

    Spark of Being
  • 2021
    The Ring

    The Ring

    The Ring

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    A short film made during lockdown.

    The Ring
  • 1996
    Moda

    Moda

    Moda

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    Hauntingly beautiful preparation for the fashion show followed by the show itself.

    Moda
  • 1995
    Nemo

    Nemo

    Nemo

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    The wind swirls up dust in a desert landscape. The picture is followed by images of clouds racing over the skyline of a city, of reflections on an...

    Nemo
  • 2015
    Pop Meets the Void

    Pop Meets the Void

    Pop Meets the Void

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    Shapeshifting between stardom and anonymity, an unhinged musician navigates a hyperreal combination of live action and animation daydreams in a...

    Pop Meets the Void
  • 2017
    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison

    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison

    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison

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    This documentary focuses on the artistry of director Bill Morrison, who leverages decaying film stock from years past to tell new stories that are...

    Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison
  • 2016
    The Unchanging Sea

    The Unchanging Sea

    The Unchanging Sea

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    The film The Unchanging Sea (2018) was inspired by the discovery of a decaying print of DW Griffith's The Unchanging Sea (1910) in the nitrate vaults...

    The Unchanging Sea
  • 2018
    The Letter

    The Letter

    The Letter

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    Using the discarded, deteriorating remnants from seven silent film titles, filmmaker Bill Morrison braids a story of intertwining love triangles that...

    The Letter
  • 1993
    The Death Train

    The Death Train

    The Death Train

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    Originally produced for the opera "The Death Train of Baron Von Frankenstein". The opera was conceived and written by John Moran, directed for the...

    The Death Train
  • 2003
    East River

    East River

    East River

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    A brief glimpse of Manhattan's skin. Music by Michael Gordon.

    East River
  • 2021
    Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

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    A short film made during lockdown.

    Wild Girl
  • 2021
    Her Violet Kiss

    Her Violet Kiss

    Her Violet Kiss

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    A woman attends a party where she is observed by and finally meets a mysterious guest.

    Her Violet Kiss
  • 2020
    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

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    a serene and endearing cat-cam video, made during lockdown and scored by Bill Frisell.

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea
  • 2013
    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist

    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist

    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist

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    Things fall apart, but they are also reassembled and given new life, in an enlightened form. Meet the New York based artist and filmmaker Bill...

    Bill Morrison: The Film Archaeologist
  • 1994
    The World Is Round

    The World Is Round

    The World Is Round

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    Originally planned as part of Michael Kanieckis play, «Howard Hughes: The World Is Round», the film follows the internal monologue of...

    The World Is Round
  • 2012
    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

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    An experimental film by Bill Morrison.

    Gene Takes a Drink
  • 1996
    The Film of Her

    The Film of Her

    The Film of Her

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    Based on the story of Howard Walls, A clerk at the Library of Congress who saved a collection of early paper reel films from the incinerator,...

    The Film of Her
  • 1991
    Lost Avenues

    Lost Avenues

    Lost Avenues

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    A film by Bill Morrison.

    Lost Avenues
  • 2000
    Ghost Trip

    Ghost Trip

    Ghost Trip

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    Singer-songwriter Slink Moss plays the mysterious driver of a Cadillac hearse who journeys across America to pick up and drop off a hitchhiker to his...

    Ghost Trip