Shirley Clarke Movies

"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...

April 19 nite of Ricky visit but not of Ricky. 1. Jose Soltero & his assistant Alicia from Argentina. I do teaching, they tape. 2. Harry arrives...

New York City’s bridges dissolve into shifting abstractions through montage, superimposition, and color. Set to an electronic score by Louis...

A short documentary in which twins Christopher and David describe how an unplanned sailing trip led them into the midst of a boat race. Told largely...

A prelude to Tongues (1982) which languishes over love and its effect on people.

Choreographer Daniel Nagrin performs in a studio and in the sun.

Left to viewer interpretation, this beautiful dance piece displays a spiritual or religious initiation. A short work, this film was released as part...

A Visual Diary is a look at a private moment in one's life. A narrative form without utilizing a story line. The collaboration incorporates...

Sex star gives an explosive behind the scenes view of the people who make sexual fantasies come true on the silver screen. Sex Stars is the first...

UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research. Interviewees sit in the Modnar Machine and reflect on...

A performance piece written by Sam Shepard, enacted by Joseph Chaikin and directed by Shirley Clarke, a dying man reflects on his life while...

Jonas Mekas visit. Harry comes by before Ricky visit. 1. 12 p.m. April 15th -- Jonas dares to come by but won't talk. I tape him not with set up --...

Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New...

Home Movies #20: Dance Tests dates from 1953 and shows Shirley Clarke working on her film technique before she shot her first "official" film later...

New York City’s bridges are reimagined through montage, superimposition, and vivid color, transforming industrial architecture into rhythmic...

A highly edited work complimenting an exhibit on Persian art in the Los Angeles Museum of Art.

A pair of performers wearing bodysuits dance and balance together in this short film for director Shirley Clarke’s Four Journeys Into Mystic...

A couple in love interacts across a multitude of environments.

In August 1955, director Shirley Clarke and choreographer Anne Sokolow embarked on a dance film about mime. It evolved two years later into 'The...