Tony Conrad Movies

  • 1970
    Straight and Narrow

    Straight and Narrow

    Straight and Narrow

    01970HD

    Straight and Narrow is a study of subjective colour and visual rhythm, although it is printed on black and white film, the hypnotic pacing of the...

    Straight and Narrow
  • 1970
    Coming Attractions

    Coming Attractions

    Coming Attractions

    01970HD

    “Coming Attractions” looks backward into the memories and forward into the future of Francis Francine, an elegantly dowdy transvestite...

    Coming Attractions
  • 1980
    Teddy Tells Jokes

    Teddy Tells Jokes

    Teddy Tells Jokes

    01980HD

    This exquisite single shot is a complement to Combat Status Go. Here the viewer is positioned casually, even though every other element in the film...

    Teddy Tells Jokes
  • 1985
    Run Dick, Run Jane

    Run Dick, Run Jane

    Run Dick, Run Jane

    01985HD

    This version of the Dick and Jane and Baby Sally tale was influenced by Dorothy Bloch, who stresses the role of childhood fear that the parent will...

    Run Dick, Run Jane
  • 1970
    Library

    Library

    Library

    01970HD

    Initially titled "Books for all". A moving institutional commission in which the filmmakers lovingly portray New Jersey's public library system.

    Library
  • 1961
    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

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    A deliberately non-synchronous film, shot in 8mm with the sound on tape. Piero Heliczer reads his poem "The Autumn Feast," and the visuals interact...

    The Autumn Feast
  • 1987
    Hey Bud

    Hey Bud

    Hey Bud

    01987HD

    Hey Bud begins with the suicide of Bud Dwyer, a government official who killed himself on television. Writes Zando: "I view the suicide as...

    Hey Bud
  • 1967
    The Eye of Count Flickerstein

    The Eye of Count Flickerstein

    The Eye of Count Flickerstein

    01967HD

    A Dracula parody where the camera moves to the eye of Count Flickerstein and the image changes to static-like patterns.

    The Eye of Count Flickerstein
  • 1988
    The A Ha! Experience

    The A Ha! Experience

    The A Ha! Experience

    01988HD

    A young woman, on the brink of sexual awakening, is shocked by the presence of her mother in bed. The imagined presence of the mother's body haunts...

    The A Ha! Experience
  • 2002
    Music in the Afternoon

    Music in the Afternoon

    Music in the Afternoon

    02002HD

    Fellow violinist and artist Tony Conrad, in collaboration with software engineer Tom Demeyer, made for Steina the instrument seen in this title....

    Music in the Afternoon
  • 1977
    Concord Ultimatum

    Concord Ultimatum

    Concord Ultimatum

    01977HD

    "Originally intended as one scene in a larger work concerned with the metaphorical destruction of the viewer (through demolition of the camera),...

    Concord Ultimatum
  • 1975
    Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals

    Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals

    Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals

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    Made out of six patterns of alternating black and white imposed upon the full surface of the film strip.

    Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals
  • 1988
    Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire

    Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire

    Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire

    01988HD

    If the intersection of desire and authority is phallus, the intersection of absence and vigilance is vagina. The tape’s laconic title (I saw, I...

    Vidi Vici: Narrative and the death of desire
  • 1981
    Accordion

    Accordion

    Accordion

    01981HD

    “A man, an accordion, a ladder, and a video camera. It’s as simple as that.” - Andrew Lampert

    Accordion
  • 1977
    Movie Show

    Movie Show

    Movie Show

    01977HD

    "A curiosity, Movie Show looks backward to the era of structural films, particularly Ken Jacobs’s Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son. The clip of...

    Movie Show
  • 2008
    Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist

    Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist

    Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist

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    The latest in Marie Losier's ongoing series of film portraits of avant-garde directors (George and Mike Kuchar, Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman),...

    Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
  • 1974
    Film Feedback

    Film Feedback

    Film Feedback

    01974HD

    Negative image is shot from a small rear-projection screen, the film comes out of the camera continuously (in the dark room) and is immediately...

    Film Feedback
  • 1973
    4-X Attack

    4-X Attack

    4-X Attack

    01973HD

    A machine-gun film roll of 4-X negative film was exposed using pressure (hammering) and was flashed in its exploded physical configuration.

    4-X Attack
  • 2005
    Conversation II

    Conversation II

    Conversation II

    02005HD

    A short video by Tony Conrad.

    Conversation II
  • 1983
    Beholden to Victory

    Beholden to Victory

    Beholden to Victory

    01983HD

    Using the devices of the war film genre, Tony Conrad cast his film with friends and colleagues, such as Mike Kelley, David Antin, Sheldon Nodelman, ...

    Beholden to Victory