Robert Frank Movies

  • 2024
    Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films

    Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films

    Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films

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    An artist in his own right, Clark Winter captured the intimacy of his longtime friendships with Robert Frank and June Leaf in a series of videos shot...

    Robert Frank in Conversation with Clark Winter: 10 Films
  • 1999
    Laboratorium Anthology

    Laboratorium Anthology

    Laboratorium Anthology

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    Scenes from the life and work at Anthology Film Archives. Much of the footage in this video was shot by Auguste Varkalis.

    Laboratorium Anthology
  • 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006

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    Super 8, 16mm film, and video transferred to HD video (six-channel projection, color and black and white, sound). Like many artists, Frank kept...

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage, 1970–2006
  • 2017
    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

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    The 94-year-old Robert Frank’s unique recordings of his fellow artists Harry Smith and Allen Ginsberg, which he had salvaged from his own...

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
  • 2022
    June and Robert Kara and Me

    June and Robert Kara and Me

    June and Robert Kara and Me

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    "In the summer of 2019 Kara [Walker] and I took our second and final visit to see Robert Frank and June Leaf at their place in Mabou, Nova Scotia....

    June and Robert Kara and Me
  • 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    02024HD

    After Robert Frank’s death in 2019, film canisters and video tapes were discovered in storage places, containing footage of Frank’s...

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
  • 1994
    Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

    Moving Pictures

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    "Today memory creeps along the wall at Seven Bleecker. In the back of my eyes, longings and obsessions, Outside someone is yelling Robert! I love New...

    Moving Pictures
  • 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)
  • 1972
    About Us

    About Us

    About Us

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    In Fall of 1971, artist Robert Frank came to Rochester, NY to conduct a course on filmmaking at the recently established alternative art school,...

    About Us
  • 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
  • 1971
    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

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    A Musical Set in New York City

    About Me: A Musical
  • 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
  • 1996
    Flamingo

    Flamingo

    Flamingo

    01996HD

    Is this house getting built or demolished? Robert Frank’s poetic visual report packed with disorienting close-ups leaves it up to the viewer to...

    Flamingo
  • 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
  • 2005
    Sanyu

    Sanyu

    Sanyu

    72005HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1959
    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage

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    Shot in Alfred Leslie’s Bowery loft on Fourth Avenue and 12th Street, this silent production footage belies the long-held belief that Pull My...

    Pull My Daisy Production Footage
  • 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

    6.52004HD

    A documentary on the photographer Robert Frank.

    Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
  • 1972
    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    01972HD

    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
  • 1985
    Home Improvements

    Home Improvements

    Home Improvements

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    Home Improvements, Robert Frank’s first video project, is a simple and poignant diary of consequential events. It is about the relationship...

    Home Improvements