Bill Morrison Movies

  • 2013
    All Vows

    All Vows

    All Vows

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    An English translation of ‘Kol Nidre’, the incantation that begins the Yom Kippur service and which pre-emptively nullifies any future...

    All Vows
  • 2016
    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

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    Previously unheard interviews with Kemp Niver and Howard Walls from 1992, the two men who helped discover and restore the earliest film collection -...

    Niver vs Walls
  • 2018
    The Letter

    The Letter

    The Letter

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    Using the discarded, deteriorating remnants from seven silent film titles, filmmaker Bill Morrison braids a story of intertwining love triangles that...

    The Letter
  • 1992
    Photo Op

    Photo Op

    Photo Op

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    This is an excerpt from the 60-minute film commissioned for Conrad Cummings's opera of the same title, which was produced by Ridge Theater and staged...

    Photo Op
  • 1996
    Vigneti

    Vigneti

    Vigneti

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    A short film by Bill Morrison

    Vigneti
  • 2011
    DawnPatrol

    DawnPatrol

    DawnPatrol

    02011HD

    An adventure from the point of view of a fly.

    DawnPatrol
  • 2020
    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    02020HD

    My cat Curly recorded this video on 4/7/20. It's a get well soon card to the world. (And remember to wash your paws!)

    Curly’s Thanksgiving
  • 2021
    The Ring

    The Ring

    The Ring

    02021HD

    A short film made during lockdown.

    The Ring
  • 2012
    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

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    This found-footage piece is based on an early study of the effects of cocaine by the filmmaker’s great-grandfather Carl Koller and Sigmund...

    Koller and Freud
  • 2010
    Release

    Release

    Release

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    On March 17, 1930, a crowd assembled outside Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary in hopes of witnessing Al Capone's release from prison....

    Release
  • 2018
    Weaving

    Weaving

    Weaving

    02018HD

    An examination of weaving and the loom as the predecessor to modern-day computing. Using punched cards, weaving programs were designed for looms in...

    Weaving
  • 2021
    Buried News

    Buried News

    Buried News

    02021HD

    Frequent Kronos collaborator Bill Morrison uses rare, early-20th century news footage to uncover ways that narratives about race have been used in...

    Buried News
  • 2018
    Cinematograph

    Cinematograph

    Cinematograph

    02018HD

    The film depicts the Lumière Brothers discussing and examining their Cinématographe machine. This film has traveled through time since...

    Cinematograph
  • 1996
    Cross Country

    Cross Country

    Cross Country

    01996HD

    Directed by Bill Morrison

    Cross Country