Richard Foreman Movies

  • 2016
    American Pastoral

    American Pastoral

    American Pastoral

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    Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their...

    American Pastoral
  • 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
  • 1987
    Dark Tower

    Dark Tower

    Dark Tower

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    A partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.

    Dark Tower
  • 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
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2018
    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

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    The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double...

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
  • 1981
    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

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    Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...

    Strong Medicine
  • 2012
    Once Every Day

    Once Every Day

    Once Every Day

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    Since the late 1960s, the almost annual productions of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater have been among New York’s artistic...

    Once Every Day
  • 2009
    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)

    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)

    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)

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    An opera by John Zorn and Richard Foreman

    Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)
  • 1967
    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

    Bill's Hat

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    "The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...

    Bill's Hat
  • 2005
    The Ontological Cowboy

    The Ontological Cowboy

    The Ontological Cowboy

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    "The theater is about sex." At least according to Richard Foreman, the father of the Ontological Hysterical Theater. THE ONTOLOGICAL COWBOY documents...

    The Ontological Cowboy
  • 2004
    Planet Earth: Dreams

    Planet Earth: Dreams

    Planet Earth: Dreams

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    Written by legendary theater artist, Richard Foreman, Planet Earth: Dreams revolves around the desire to escape -- not to a Dream world -- but to a...

    Planet Earth: Dreams
  • 1989
    Lava

    Lava

    Lava

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    A filmed play by Richard Foreman.

    Lava
  • 1978
    City Archives

    City Archives

    City Archives

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    Avant garde film from 1978, by playwright and filmmaker Richard Foreman.

    City Archives
  • 1976
    Out of the Body Travel

    Out of the Body Travel

    Out of the Body Travel

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    A "young woman who finds herself surrounded by the relics of Western culture" is the subject of Richard Foreman's formal tableaux. The narration...

    Out of the Body Travel
  • 1989
    Total Rain

    Total Rain

    Total Rain

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    In this “video play”, which was shown on WGBH/WNET’s series, “New Television”, playwright/director Richard Foreman...

    Total Rain