Joseph Cornell Movies

One of Joseph Cornell’s funniest films, Thimble Theater is structured like a vaudeville variety show about nature.

3 screen tests by Joseph Cornell.

Rare film by Joseph Cornell. The same film as "The Children's Jury"

A collaboration between Joseph Cornell and Rudy Burckhardt, Aviary is an impression of Union Square. The location held a particular fascination for...

A lucid dream turned nightmarish reality. A ship sinking into a world of fear. A short film that’s mostly puppetry by one of America's...

A sombre day in the city. "A Legend for Fountains" is the 16-minute version, "A Fable for Fountains" the 6-minute version.

Footage shot for Cornell by Rudy Burckhardt in December 1955 of a woman buying chestnuts from a street vendor and watching people and birds in a city...

An alternate title for Centuries of June

Lawrence Jordan's portrait of the reclusive artist Joseph Cornell.

"I have not changed the editing structure. I have made the films printable. They are the first known fully collaged films, i.e., films made from...

Joseph Cornell shot footage on Mulberry Street with Rudolph Burckhardt and made this silent film. Burckhardt would make his own sound version, "What...

Shorter version with sound

Joseph Cornell film with input from Rudolph Burckhardt. Also the title to one of Cornell's collages.

In Vaudeville Deluxe, Cornell assembles footage of performers, like a man who balances in his mouth a frame that supports a seated woman. (Release...

A short film where circus performers entertain children.

Carousel - Animal Opera (c.1938), a visual symphony by artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell.

An untitled Joseph Cornell film from the MOMA collection

The contents consist mostly of found footage, similar to the repurposed imagery favored by Cornell in his other films. Edited with Cornell’s...