Tony Conrad Movies
- 2021
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground6.7952021HD
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...
- 2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.42013HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 2012
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye7.12012HD
An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing...
- 2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis6.62007HD
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...
- 1963
Flaming Creatures
Flaming Creatures4.6541963HD
Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously...
- 1963
Normal Love
Normal Love71963HD
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...
- 2017
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith
Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith02017HD
In his essay film, Jerry Tartaglia, longtime archivist and restorer of the film estate of queer New York underground, experimental film, and...
- 1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda6.31968HD
At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism.
- 1961
The Autumn Feast
The Autumn Feast6.41961HD
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...
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation6.31997HD
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
- 1966
The Flicker
The Flicker5.31966HD
A film consisting of alternating black and white frames.
- 2011
Loose Connection
Loose Connection02011HD
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...
- 2000
Grandma Baba and Little Boris
Grandma Baba and Little Boris02000HD
Tradition, mystical revelation, the passing on of family secrets--all that is lost in translation. In this magical fairytale Grandma Baba struggles...
- 2007
365 Day Project
365 Day Project02007HD
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...
- 1970
Straight and Narrow
Straight and Narrow01970HD
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...
- 1982
Palace of Error
Palace of Error01982HD
“A theory discourse among three participants, enacted in silhouette.” –Tony Conrad
- 1970
Library
Library01970HD
Initially titled "Books for all". A moving institutional commission in which the filmmakers lovingly portray New Jersey's public library system.
- 1980
Teddy Tells Jokes
Teddy Tells Jokes01980HD
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...
- 2003
Grading Tips for Teachers
Grading Tips for Teachers02003HD
Tony Conrad provides useful & alternative grading tips for teachers. Made in Buffalo, NY.
- 1967
The Eye of Count Flickerstein
The Eye of Count Flickerstein01967HD
A Dracula parody where the camera moves to the eye of Count Flickerstein and the image changes to static-like patterns.