Biography: Robert Frank |
Following his emigration to the U.S. in 1947, Robert Frank documented life in South America, Europe and specifically in the U.S. with his camera. After the publication of his seminal photographic collection, The Americans, Frank went to work as an... more
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Cast: Zohra Lampert
Tags: Drama
Length: 50min
In this independently produced, short, meandering, plot-deprived, experimental, improvisational film, apparently intended as avant-garde fare, a group of pretentious white intellectuals gather at a vacant lot in Harlem for a party for a non-appearing...
Cast: Jonas Mekas
Tags: Art Film Music Instrumental Music
Length: 90min
Fans of avant-garde jazz and blues performance will appreciate this avant-garde documentary, which intersperses discussions with Fred Frith and his band with rehearsal and concert footage. From time to time the filmmakers indulge in a bit of jazz of...
I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art (1988)
Tags: Biography Visual Arts Culture & Society Sociology Art History
Length: 82min
Despite being a tiny and financially very poor province in Canada, Nova Scotia has had an artistic influence on the rest of Canada which is disproportionately great. Among other things, it has contributed many internationally famous musicians to...
Cast: Kevin J. O'Connor Harris Yulin Roberts Blossom Laurie Metcalf Bulle Ogier Tom Waits David Margulies David Johansen
Tags: Road Movie Comedy Drama Comedy of Errors Musical Drama
Length: 90min
After promising a rock star he would find a particular guitar-maker to procure his valuable products, a musician takes a road trip in search of the legend. On his way, he meets various people who have--at one time or another-- been involved with the...
Cast: Truman Capote Andy Warhol The Rolling Stones Dick Cavett Tina Turner
Tags: Biography Music Sociology Vocal Music
Length: 95min
The behind-the-scenes activities of the Rolling Stones on their 1972 American tour are the focus of this quasi-documentary film which has had limited showings due to a lawsuit brought by the band, doubtlessly on the advice of their lawyers. Thus, its...
Cast: Sam Shepard Roscoe Lee Browne Christopher Walken Robert Frank
Tags: Drama
Length: 95min
This documentary about poet Peter Orlovsky's schizophrenic brother, Julius, is a film within a film and is generally regarded as photographer/documentarian Frank's masterwork. Brother Julius spent years in a mental hospital and upon release was put...
Cast: Delphine Seyrig
Tags: Comedy Drama
Length: 28min
Robert Frank's half-hour, black-and-white short film Pull My Daisy has also been released under the title The Beat Generation, and for good reason. Featuring narration written and performed by author Jack Kerouac, the film presents an affectionate...
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