Tony Conrad Movies
- 2021
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground6.82021HD
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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 1997
Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation6.31997HD
Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.
- 1963
Chumlum
Chumlum61963HD
Ron Rice's Chumlum is one of those films in which the conditions of its construction are integral to the experience of watching it. It is a record of...
- 1970
Library
Library01970HD
Initially titled "Books for all". A moving institutional commission in which the filmmakers lovingly portray New Jersey's public library system.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1966
The Flicker
The Flicker5.31966HD
A film consisting of alternating black and white frames.
- 1981
Accordion
Accordion01981HD
“A man, an accordion, a ladder, and a video camera. It’s as simple as that.” - Andrew Lampert
- 1993
The Genius
The Genius51993HD
A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1967
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc01967HD
The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...
- 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.
- 1975
Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals
Articulation of Boolean Algebra for Film Opticals91975HD
Made out of six patterns of alternating black and white imposed upon the full surface of the film strip.