Robert Nelson Movies

"Nelson experiments with presenting his viewer with the two sides of every subject in a dense visual masterwork of stark superimpositions." (Mark...

A film by Robert Nelson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

Found footage accompanies an accelerated song by the children’s band the Tweedy Brothers.

“When Picasso died I wanted to make the first post-mortem documentary, as I knew would happen anyway, and cheaply. The film took four hours to...

Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights...

Shooting in 1966 without script, story, or any narrative preconception, Nelson and Wiley created a masterwork of ‘60s independent cinema. The...

A kinetic film sketch designed to involve the viewers muscles. The rocky seaside cliffs near Stinson Beach, California, hold the wrecked carcass of a...

Hauling Toto Big is a dense and ecstatic work of fragmented narratives, dream states, chaos and serenity… a culmination of Nelson’s...

Made by Robert Nelson and William Allan in cooperation with KQED-TV San Francisco. Starring an ensemble cast that includes Bill Gourley, Bruce...

A film by Robert Nelson

A film by Robert Nelson

A film by Robert Nelson

A film by Robert Nelson