Robert Nelson Movies

  • 1969
    Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey

    Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey

    Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey

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    A black-and-white travel journal, in which the themes of memories and their relationship to the past suddenly catch up and rush away from us. The...

    Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey
  • 1965
    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man

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    A film by Robert Nelson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

    Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
  • 1998
    Hauling Toto Big

    Hauling Toto Big

    Hauling Toto Big

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    Hauling Toto Big is a dense and ecstatic work of fragmented narratives, dream states, chaos and serenity… a culmination of Nelson’s...

    Hauling Toto Big
  • 1967
    The Awful Backlash

    The Awful Backlash

    The Awful Backlash

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    “In their starkly minimal film, The Awful Backlash, directors Robert Nelson and William Allan, focus solely on a pair of hands as they begin to...

    The Awful Backlash
  • 1976
    Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley

    Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley

    Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley

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    The first part of what was intended to be a three-part experimental travelog for Nelson’s home state of California, this film covers the...

    Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley