Lewis Klahr Movies

  • 2004
    Two Hours to Zero

    Two Hours to Zero

    Two Hours to Zero

    52004HD

    A crime story told two different ways concerning the events of a two month period leading up to (and immediately following) a bank robbery. The...

    Two Hours to Zero
  • 2012
    Open Eye Sleep

    Open Eye Sleep

    Open Eye Sleep

    02012HD

    Music Tom Recchion Cast: Henry Stram, Kate Valk, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Zippi, Kevin O’Brien

    Open Eye Sleep
  • 1998
    Marietta's Lied

    Marietta's Lied

    Marietta's Lied

    01998HD

    Marietta' Lied is an animation set to Korngold's exquisite song from his opera Die Tode Stadt. The piece uses cutouts of German cabaret performers...

    Marietta's Lied
  • 2001
    Creased Robe Smile

    Creased Robe Smile

    Creased Robe Smile

    02001HD

    Directed by Lewis Klahr

    Creased Robe Smile
  • 2004
    Soft Ticket

    Soft Ticket

    Soft Ticket

    02004HD

    Same formal approach as with the War Comics– but this time to Baseball Cards– with a completely different emotional result.

    Soft Ticket
  • 2014
    Erigone's Daughter

    Erigone's Daughter

    Erigone's Daughter

    02014HD

    This cut-out animated collage picks out the detail to artfully expose the types and tropes of Hollywood crime thrillers with a dadaesque dynamic.

    Erigone's Daughter
  • 2012
    Rain Couplets

    Rain Couplets

    Rain Couplets

    02012HD

    “Kiss the Rain and The Street of Everlasting Rain are part of The Rain Couplets, a new subset of my ongoing Prolix Satori project. Like my...

    Rain Couplets
  • 2001
    Mercury

    Mercury

    Mercury

    02001HD

    Short experimental film by Lewis Klahr.

    Mercury
  • 2015
    Sixty Six

    Sixty Six

    Sixty Six

    5.72015HD

    Organized in 12 discrete chapters, Sixty Six is a milestone achievement, the culmination of Klahr’s decades-long work in collage filmmaking....

    Sixty Six
  • 2012
    Album

    Album

    Album

    02012HD

    “Bar mitzvahs. Military training. Rock n' roll. First person, third person. Family photos kept, family photos discarded. A collage of male...

    Album
  • 2011
    The Pettifogger

    The Pettifogger

    The Pettifogger

    8.82011HD

    A year in the life of an American gambler and con man circa 1963. A diaristic montage full of glimpses, glances, decaying ephemera and elliptical...

    The Pettifogger
  • 1994
    Altair

    Altair

    Altair

    6.51994HD

    One of Klahr's masterpieces, Altair is an 8 minute collage color -noir culled from late-40s pages of Cosmopolitan, which induces a sense of...

    Altair
  • 2021
    Crayon Angels

    Crayon Angels

    Crayon Angels

    02021HD

    Music by Lorenzo Wolff

    Crayon Angels
  • 1985
    The River Sieve

    The River Sieve

    The River Sieve

    01985HD

    "I have been working with found materials since 1980. For me the process has been similar to nostalgia. In both experiences there is an overwhelming...

    The River Sieve
  • 1989
    Yesterdays Glue

    Yesterdays Glue

    Yesterdays Glue

    01989HD

    A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

    Yesterdays Glue
  • 1990
    Station Drama

    Station Drama

    Station Drama

    01990HD

    A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

    Station Drama
  • 1991
    Elevator Music

    Elevator Music

    Elevator Music

    01991HD

    A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

    Elevator Music
  • 1983
    Deep Fishtank Birding

    Deep Fishtank Birding

    Deep Fishtank Birding

    01983HD

    "I have been working with found materials since 1980. For me the process has been similar to nostalgia. In both experiences there is an overwhelming...

    Deep Fishtank Birding
  • 2010
    A Thousand Julys

    A Thousand Julys

    A Thousand Julys

    02010HD

    This is a film that explores the two sided-ness of the comic book page. Although I’d been wanting to make this film for many years, I...

    A Thousand Julys
  • 2000
    Engram Sepals

    Engram Sepals

    Engram Sepals

    02000HD

    The dead body remembers. The Tibetan book of the dead meets film noir. An elliptical narrative of adultery and corporate espionage set to a score by...

    Engram Sepals