Lewis Klahr Movies

"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...

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

created to Royal Auditiorium's S.B.S. I made this a few years back but never felt satisfied by my first version which included edits to 3 different...

Crafted from contact sheets found in the 1990s at a thrift store in the East Village.

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

Rain themed Klahr film.

April Snow is a couplet juxtaposing two pop songs by The Shangri-Las and Bruce Springsteen

An associative montage with color flicker accents that riffs off the mythology of hedonistic musicians and seedy Hollywood hotels. The song is by my...

"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...

A three act (a song an act) melodrama about the coming of age of the American counterculture in the 60's and 70's as a generation moves from...

Short film part of The Blue Rose of Forgetfulness (2022)

“The Occidental Hotel is a “city” film—I was inspired to emulate the Surrealists’ sense of wandering, of flaneury, of...

Muscular, patriarchal images of comic book superheroes from yesteryear are illuminated on a light box and juxtaposed with tactile skill.

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

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

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

Short film by Lewis Klahr.

An unfaithful interpretation of John Zorn’s early 80’s film script, “A Treatment For A Film in 15 Scenes”. I consider...

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...