Robert Frank Movies

  • 1984
    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes

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    Longtime friends and frequent foils, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso appeared onstage together countless times over the years, reading to audiences...

    Ginsberg/Corso Tapes
  • 1982
    Contemporary Photography in America

    Contemporary Photography in America

    Contemporary Photography in America

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    The film of Michael Engler from the year 1982 showing the different methods of operation of photgraphers Harry Callahan, Mark Cohen, Robert Frank,...

    Contemporary Photography in America
  • 1975
    Keep Busy

    Keep Busy

    Keep Busy

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    The protagonists’ astounding verbal gymnastics and often incomprehensible interactions tend to descend into nonsense, and with the syncopated...

    Keep Busy
  • 2002
    Paper Route

    Paper Route

    Paper Route

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    In a simple, sensitive and entertaining video film, Robert Frank accompanies his local newspaper delivery boy during his morning round one chilly...

    Paper Route
  • 1999
    Second Century

    Second Century

    Second Century

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    A small film crew goes through several locations including Europe, New York and Mexico.

    Second Century
  • 1972
    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

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    In the early 1970s Robert Frank and the Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka led a workshop at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where students...

    This Is a Film About
  • 2004
    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank

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    A documentary on the photographer Robert Frank.

    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
  • 1989
    Hunter

    Hunter

    Hunter

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    In the words of Robert Frank, Hunter is about “. . . a man whose destiny is not to find a destination. . . . A man who fears that he will never...

    Hunter
  • 2006
    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

    Robert Frank Films

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    Filmed during the shooting of the Sin of Jesus 1960, this film includes Robert Frank, Dick Bellamy, Mary Frank, and others.

    Robert Frank Films
  • 1970
    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

    Untitled 1971

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    Billboards and American flags and pinball machines, empty corridors and bustling classrooms, the clowning faces of the students at Reed...

    Untitled 1971
  • 1980
    Project Tesla

    Project Tesla

    Project Tesla

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    This rarely screened film was used to raise funds for the making of Energy and How to Get It. High-energy physicist Robert Golka was granted a lease...

    Project Tesla
  • 2025
    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

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    Scenes from the life of a quiet man and a smart woman. They carry the celebrated surnames Frank and Leaf, both of which were crucial to the 20th...

    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)
  • 1996
    The Present

    The Present

    The Present

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    Simple objects, photographs, and events prompt Frank to self-conscious rumination. From his homes in New York and Nova Scotia and on visits to...

    The Present
  • 2004
    True Story

    True Story

    True Story

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    “Tell the truth and shame the devil”: Robert Frank had turned 80 when he set out to make True Story, repurposing still photographs, home...

    True Story
  • 1998
    I Remember

    I Remember

    I Remember

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    Dedicated from one great photographer to another, I Remember reenacts an afternoon spent with Alfred Steiglitz. Robert Frank plays Steiglitz, Frank...

    I Remember
  • 2005
    Sanyu

    Sanyu

    Sanyu

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    Sanyu (1901-1964), an important Chinese artist, was a friend of Robert Frank's who died in anonymity in Paris. In this film portrait, Frank creates a...

    Sanyu
  • 1972
    Food

    Food

    Food

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    This film documents the legendary SoHo restaurant and artists' cooperative Food, which opened in 1971. Owned and operated by Caroline Goodden, Food...

    Food
  • 2008
    Fernando

    Fernando

    Fernando

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    Robert Frank cared deeply about his friends and family, dedicating many of his photographs and films to them. This, the last video he completed in...

    Fernando
  • 1969
    Life-Raft Earth

    Life-Raft Earth

    Life-Raft Earth

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    Liferaft Earth opens with a newspaper report from Hayward, California: "Sandwiched between a restaurant and supermarket, 100 anti-population...

    Life-Raft Earth
  • 2008
    Tunnel

    Tunnel

    Tunnel

    02008HD

    Commissioned for an event commemorating the ongoing construction of a 21-mile tunnel through the Swiss Alps, Robert Frank’s experimental short...

    Tunnel