Lewis Klahr Movies

"Arguably the definitive portrait of the postwar America of secretly toxic dreams and treacherous surfaces," is how critic Michael Atkinson describes...

The trilogy’s closer, ‘Cumulonimbus,’ is a movingly mature account of grief with a puckish sting in its tail.

“Bar mitzvahs. Military training. Rock n' roll. First person, third person. Family photos kept, family photos discarded. A collage of male...

Nimbus Smile is followed by Nimbus Seeds, which sets a collage soundtrack of city noises, wind chimes, rain, footsteps, and bits of classical music...

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

A decade ago, Klahr and several Wooster Group all-stars improvised their way 'through a series of photo shoots trying to determine exactly what a...

Short film part of The Blue Rose of Forgetfulness (2022)

"I have been working with found materials since 1980. For me the process has been similar to nostalgia. In both experiences there is an overwhelming...

Short film by Lewis Klahr.

Part of a feature length narrative compressed 3 differnt times into 3 separate films of diminishing duration until the synoptic is synopsized (The...

The shorter of Lewis Klahr's two untitled films from 1991. Now referred to as "Actuality."

Rain themed Klahr film, more upbeat then KISS THE RAIN.

"A recent film." - Lewis Klahr

A crime story told two different ways concerning the events of a two month period leading up to (and immediately following) a bank robbery. The...

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

Calendar the Siamese is the story of Roger Simmons, a downtown musician in the throes of a mid-life crisis. Roger believes that if he just had a year...

A personal love story of the artist’s life in New York City

A short animation film by Lewis Klahr.

"Helen of T is my contemplation of aging. The third episode of Sixty Six, a projected 12 film collage series that is a mythopoetic splice of classic...