Tony Conrad Movies

  • 2021
    The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

    The Velvet Underground

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    Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd...

    The Velvet Underground
  • 2013
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 2012
    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye

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    An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing...

    The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

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    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 1963
    Flaming Creatures

    Flaming Creatures

    Flaming Creatures

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    Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously...

    Flaming Creatures
  • 1963
    Normal Love

    Normal Love

    Normal Love

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    The feature length Normal Love is Jack Smith’s follow up to his now legendary film Flaming Creatures. This vivid, full-color homage to B-movies...

    Normal Love
  • 2017
    Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

    Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

    Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith

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    In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and...

    Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
  • 1968
    The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

    The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

    The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda

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    At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism.

    The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
  • 1961
    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

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    A deliberately non-synchronous film, shot in 8mm with the sound on tape. Piero Heliczer reads his poem "The Autumn Feast," and the visuals interact...

    The Autumn Feast
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

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    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 1966
    The Flicker

    The Flicker

    The Flicker

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    A film consisting of alternating black and white frames.

    The Flicker
  • 2011
    Loose Connection

    Loose Connection

    Loose Connection

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    To make Loose Connection, Conrad built a camera that moved in two directions simultaneously: it could be rolled backward and forward on a waist-high...

    Loose Connection
  • 2000
    Grandma Baba and Little Boris

    Grandma Baba and Little Boris

    Grandma Baba and Little Boris

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    Tradition, mystical revelation, the passing on of family secrets--all that is lost in translation. In this magical fairytale Grandma Baba struggles...

    Grandma Baba and Little Boris
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

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    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 1970
    Straight and Narrow

    Straight and Narrow

    Straight and Narrow

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    Straight and Narrow is a study of subjective colour and visual rhythm, although it is printed on black and white film, the hypnotic pacing of the...

    Straight and Narrow
  • 1982
    Palace of Error

    Palace of Error

    Palace of Error

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    “A theory discourse among three participants, enacted in silhouette.” –Tony Conrad

    Palace of Error
  • 1970
    Library

    Library

    Library

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    Initially titled "Books for all". A moving institutional commission in which the filmmakers lovingly portray New Jersey's public library system.

    Library
  • 1980
    Teddy Tells Jokes

    Teddy Tells Jokes

    Teddy Tells Jokes

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    This exquisite single shot is a complement to Combat Status Go. Here the viewer is positioned casually, even though every other element in the film...

    Teddy Tells Jokes
  • 2003
    Grading Tips for Teachers

    Grading Tips for Teachers

    Grading Tips for Teachers

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    Tony Conrad provides useful & alternative grading tips for teachers. Made in Buffalo, NY.

    Grading Tips for Teachers
  • 1967
    The Eye of Count Flickerstein

    The Eye of Count Flickerstein

    The Eye of Count Flickerstein

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    A Dracula parody where the camera moves to the eye of Count Flickerstein and the image changes to static-like patterns.

    The Eye of Count Flickerstein