Movies

  • 1962
    Cosmic Ray

    Cosmic Ray

    Cosmic Ray

    6.41962HD

    Experimental short uses Ray Charles' “What'd I Say” as accompaniment to constantly shifting collage of female nude, cartoons, and...

    Cosmic Ray
  • 1967
    Report

    Report

    Report

    6.11967HD

    Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling...

    Report
  • 1981
    Mea Culpa

    Mea Culpa

    Mea Culpa

    5.21981HD

    In his first collaboration with David Byrne and Brian Eno, Conner used footage from educational films to create a rhythmically austere image-track...

    Mea Culpa
  • 1967
    Breakaway

    Breakaway

    Breakaway

    6.51967HD

    Breakaway plays out like a visual symphony. A prototype for the best (but still, lesser) contemporary formalist music videos, like Peter Care’s...

    Breakaway
  • 1969
    Permian Strata

    Permian Strata

    Permian Strata

    71969HD

    A film he made in 1969 that rarely gets discussed, and is only barely mentioned even in the monograph 2000 BC: The Bruce Conner Story Part II. This...

    Permian Strata
  • 1958
    A Movie

    A Movie

    A Movie

    6.51958HD

    Bruce Conner's landmark experimental film consisting entirely of found footage edited to a new score.

    A Movie
  • 1967
    Luke

    Luke

    Luke

    6.51967HD

    A short film created during the production of Cool Hand Luke.

    Luke
  • 1976
    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    Crossroads

    71976HD

    The 1945 atomic-bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll becomes a thing of terrible beauty and haunting visual poetry when shown in extreme slow motion, shown...

    Crossroads
  • 1965
    Vivian

    Vivian

    Vivian

    6.81965HD

    "A film portrait cut to the tune of Conway Twitty's version of 'Mona Lisa.' Filmed in part at a 1964 show of Conner's artwork in San Francisco, the...

    Vivian
  • 1978
    Mongoloid

    Mongoloid

    Mongoloid

    5.31978HD

    A documentary film exploring the manner in which a determined young man overcame a basic mental defect and became a useful member of society....

    Mongoloid
  • 2008
    Easter Morning

    Easter Morning

    Easter Morning

    4.52008HD

    Departing from an inimitable film repertoire of tour-de-force editing technique, visual comedy, and apocalyptic themes, avant-garde master Bruce...

    Easter Morning
  • 1977
    Valse Triste

    Valse Triste

    Valse Triste

    61977HD

    With a similar dreamy mood like its predecessor "Take the 5:10 to Dreamland" (1976) this clip starts with a boy getting into his bed. The camera...

    Valse Triste
  • 1967
    Liberty Crown

    Liberty Crown

    Liberty Crown

    01967HD

    From KQED kinescope with Michael McClure (No longer extant).

    Liberty Crown
  • 1976
    Take the 5:10 to Dreamland

    Take the 5:10 to Dreamland

    Take the 5:10 to Dreamland

    61976HD

    Its slow somnambulic rhythm, its animalistic jungle sounds as well as the eerily mixed images create a dream mood that comes closest to my actual...

    Take the 5:10 to Dreamland
  • 2002
    Battle Stations – A Navel Adventure

    Battle Stations – A Navel Adventure

    Battle Stations – A Navel Adventure

    02002HD

    Starring Bruce Conner, a belly dancer, a geiger counter, and a toxic waste dump.

    Battle Stations – A Navel Adventure
  • 2004
    Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

    Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

    Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

    8.32004HD

    The inevitable fat cigar between his fingers, the American actor, director and fine artist Dennis Hopper (1936) self-mockingly looks back on his...

    Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
  • 1967
    Looking for Mushrooms

    Looking for Mushrooms

    Looking for Mushrooms

    71967HD

    During his year in Mexico, Conner hosted psychedelic guru Timothy Leary, who he had met on an earlier visit to New York. Conner and Leary occupied...

    Looking for Mushrooms
  • 1965
    Eve-Ray-Forever

    Eve-Ray-Forever

    Eve-Ray-Forever

    01965HD

    EVE-RAY-FOREVER is a silent, three-screen expanded version of COSMIC RAY (1961). Originally exhibited as an 8mm Technicolor looped installation at...

    Eve-Ray-Forever
  • 1981
    America Is Waiting

    America Is Waiting

    America Is Waiting

    6.31981HD

    Stock footage edited with music to comment on American culture.

    America Is Waiting
  • 2006
    Three Screen Ray

    Three Screen Ray

    Three Screen Ray

    02006HD

    A three screen projection comprised of imagery from COSMIC RAY (1961) and EVE-RAY-FOREVER (1965).

    Three Screen Ray