Bill Morrison Movies
- 2017
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Dawson City: Frozen Time6.82017HD
The true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in a...
- 2002
Decasia: The State of Decay
Decasia: The State of Decay6.42002HD
A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.
- 2005
Mutual Appreciation
Mutual Appreciation5.92005HD
Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band for New York, and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of...
- 2004
Light Is Calling
Light Is Calling6.62004HD
A scene from The Bells (1926) is optically reprinted and edited to Michael Gordon's 7 minute composition. A meditation on the fleeting nature of life...
- 2021
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle42021HD
Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective...
- 2017
Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison
Cinema of Decay: The Films of Bill Morrison72017HD
This documentary focuses on the artistry of director Bill Morrison, who leverages decaying film stock from years past to tell new stories that are...
- 2021
Wild Girl
Wild Girl82021HD
A short film made during lockdown.
- 2012
Koller and Freud
Koller and Freud02012HD
This found-footage piece is based on an early study of the effects of cocaine by the filmmaker’s great-grandfather Carl Koller and Sigmund...
- 2010
The Miners' Hymns
The Miners' Hymns7.52010HD
The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Their...
- 2013
Re: Awakenings
Re: Awakenings6.12013HD
Original Super 8 footage shot by Dr. Oliver Sacks of his patients at Beth Abraham Hospital, Bronx, NY, who were administered the drug L-Dopa in the...
- 2008
Dystopia
Dystopia02008HD
A film symphony inspired by Los Angeles.
- 2021
Her Violet Kiss
Her Violet Kiss02021HD
A woman attends a party where she is observed by and finally meets a mysterious guest.
- 1993
The Death Train
The Death Train71993HD
Originally produced for the opera "The Death Train of Baron Von Frankenstein". The opera was conceived and written by John Moran, directed for the...
- 2003
The Mesmerist
The Mesmerist82003HD
Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of...
- 2012
The Great Flood
The Great Flood6.72012HD
The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its banks...
- 2020
Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea
Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea02020HD
a serene and endearing cat-cam video, made during lockdown and scored by Bill Frisell.
- 2020
Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era02020HD
A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...
- 2021
let me come in
let me come in6.52021HD
Bill Morrison’s experimental short features decayed film reels from the lost, German silent film Pawns of Passion (1928).
- 2007
Who by Water
Who by Water5.82007HD
Drawing from a passage from the Rosh Hashana Service, “Who shall live, who shall die… who by water, who by fire,” this short film...
- 2024
The Vanguard Tapes
The Vanguard Tapes02024HD
A series of conversations and monologues captured in the kitchen of the famous Vanguard jazz club in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1994- 95...