Rick Raxlen Movies

  • 1969
    The Sky Is Blue

    The Sky Is Blue

    The Sky Is Blue

    01969HD

    A fanciful story, done in paper cut-outs, of a boy's journey through the skies on the tail of a kite. He soars high above the earth, encountering...

    The Sky Is Blue
  • 2020
    Sea Horses and Flying Fish

    Sea Horses and Flying Fish

    Sea Horses and Flying Fish

    02020HD

    A one-minute animation treat that celebrates the art of sound poetry as Christian Bök recites words from Hugo Ball, one of the leading pioneers...

    Sea Horses and Flying Fish
  • 1983
    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows

    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows

    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows

    01983HD

    This video is a collage of images that takes the viewer down a path between their own virtue and cosmic morality. A quiet anxiety emerges as the...

    15 Soldiers, 11 Machines, 8 Cows
  • 1984
    Duck Talk

    Duck Talk

    Duck Talk

    01984HD

    A short, sweet tape. Kind of painterly in its use of camera as it moves in a fluid way over a set that consists of a white picket fence, a plastic...

    Duck Talk
  • 1998
    The Geometry of Beware

    The Geometry of Beware

    The Geometry of Beware

    01998HD

    One-minute of found footage of Mutt and Jeff from 1926 is literally reconstructed via paper prints from photocopies and pen and ink drawings.

    The Geometry of Beware
  • 1985
    The Divine Right

    The Divine Right

    The Divine Right

    01985HD

    An adaptation of J. G. Frazer's text - Golden Bough - The Divine Right was conceived as a series of improvised dramatic moments for the camera. As...

    The Divine Right
  • 2003
    Brand New Triathlon

    Brand New Triathlon

    Brand New Triathlon

    02003HD

    Using books of how-to photographs on the "sports" of bowling, cricket and tai chi. I made a kind of pre-rotoscope-film-basically. I xeroxed many many...

    Brand New Triathlon
  • 2020
    Fish Don't Talk

    Fish Don't Talk

    Fish Don't Talk

    02020HD

    "I am sent to camp as a nine year old. I cannot swim, and my parents have gone to Europe for six weeks! It is 1954, and I have not been away from...

    Fish Don't Talk
  • 1984
    Self-Portrait (with Fish)

    Self-Portrait (with Fish)

    Self-Portrait (with Fish)

    01984HD

    "I bought a children's fishing set and inside there was a red fish. Using real-time analog with digital montage, I created this video just as I would...

    Self-Portrait (with Fish)
  • 1984
    The Polytechnic World

    The Polytechnic World

    The Polytechnic World

    01984HD

    The Polytechnic World allows us to see images created by sounds, thanks to a Casio PT-30. We see the yellow and grey image of the small Casio melting...

    The Polytechnic World