Bill Morrison Movies

  • 2018
    Buried and Breaking Away

    Buried and Breaking Away

    Buried and Breaking Away

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    Buried and Breaking Away demonstrates the effect of Bloomington, Indiana’s elements on one of its favorite cinematic progenies.

    Buried and Breaking Away
  • 1992
    Footprints

    Footprints

    Footprints

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    Early Bill Morrison film from 1992, black & white, 16mm.

    Footprints
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2018
    Weaving

    Weaving

    Weaving

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    An examination of weaving and the loom as the predecessor to modern-day computing. Using punched cards, weaving programs were designed for looms in...

    Weaving
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2020
    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

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    A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
  • 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