Lewis Klahr Movies

  • 2007
    Antigenic Drift

    Antigenic Drift

    Antigenic Drift

    02007HD

    Lewis' first digital film from 2007, a precursor for his feature-length series Circumstantial Pleasures

    Antigenic Drift
  • 2021
    Alcestis

    Alcestis

    Alcestis

    02021HD

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

    Alcestis
  • 2010
    April Snow

    April Snow

    April Snow

    02010HD

    April Snow is a couplet juxtaposing two pop songs by The Shangri-Las and Bruce Springsteen

    April Snow
  • 2014
    The Occidental Hotel

    The Occidental Hotel

    The Occidental Hotel

    02014HD

    “The Occidental Hotel is a “city” film—I was inspired to emulate the Surrealists’ sense of wandering, of flaneury, of...

    The Occidental Hotel
  • 2009
    Nimbus Seeds

    Nimbus Seeds

    Nimbus Seeds

    02009HD

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

    Nimbus Seeds
  • 2010
    Sugar Slim Says

    Sugar Slim Says

    Sugar Slim Says

    02010HD

    Same address, different buildings. “Put the rope in the can.” Mark Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius) and I became friends because...

    Sugar Slim Says
  • 2012
    Open Eye Sleep

    Open Eye Sleep

    Open Eye Sleep

    02012HD

    Music Tom Recchion Cast: Henry Stram, Kate Valk, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Zippi, Kevin O’Brien

    Open Eye Sleep
  • 2020
    D.B.S.

    D.B.S.

    D.B.S.

    02020HD

    created to Royal Auditiorium's S.B.S. I made this a few years back but never felt satisfied by my first version which included edits to 3 different...

    D.B.S.
  • 2021
    Crayon Angels

    Crayon Angels

    Crayon Angels

    02021HD

    Music by Lorenzo Wolff

    Crayon Angels
  • 2019
    Dead Celebrity

    Dead Celebrity

    Dead Celebrity

    02019HD

    An associative montage with color flicker accents that riffs off the mythology of hedonistic musicians and seedy Hollywood hotels. The song is by my...

    Dead Celebrity
  • 2017
    Black River Falls

    Black River Falls

    Black River Falls

    02017HD

    Music by Dick Connette from his album, Too Sad for the Public Vol. 1: Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade. Suzzy Roche sings the vocal. Dick’s lyrics...

    Black River Falls
  • 2012
    Rain Couplets

    Rain Couplets

    Rain Couplets

    02012HD

    “Kiss the Rain and The Street of Everlasting Rain are part of The Rain Couplets, a new subset of my ongoing Prolix Satori project. Like my...

    Rain Couplets
  • 2001
    Catherine Street

    Catherine Street

    Catherine Street

    02001HD

    Crafted from contact sheets found in the 1990s at a thrift store in the East Village.

    Catherine Street
  • 2013
    Helen of T

    Helen of T

    Helen of T

    02013HD

    "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...

    Helen of T
  • 2012
    The Street of Everlasting Rain

    The Street of Everlasting Rain

    The Street of Everlasting Rain

    02012HD

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

    The Street of Everlasting Rain
  • 2015
    The Silver Age

    The Silver Age

    The Silver Age

    02015HD

    Short film by Lewis Klahr.

    The Silver Age
  • 1991
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01991HD

    The shorter of Lewis Klahr's two untitled films from 1991

    Untitled
  • 2010
    A Thousand Julys

    A Thousand Julys

    A Thousand Julys

    02010HD

    This is a film that explores the two sided-ness of the comic book page. Although I’d been wanting to make this film for many years, I...

    A Thousand Julys
  • 2013
    Ichor

    Ichor

    Ichor

    02013HD

    "Ichor is the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods. Ichor is the first episode of Sixty Six, a projected 12 film collage series that...

    Ichor
  • 2014
    Ambrosia

    Ambrosia

    Ambrosia

    02014HD

    Short film by Lewis Klahr.

    Ambrosia