Harry Smith Movies

  • 1954
    No. 8

    No. 8

    No. 8

    71954HD

    16 mm, black & white, silent, 5 min. Untraced collage. Later expanded to No. 12.

    No. 8
  • 1956
    No. 10

    No. 10

    No. 10

    5.81956HD

    16 mm, color, 3:35 or 10 min. Study for No. 11. "An exposition of Buddhism and the Kaballah in the form of a collage. The final scene shows Agaric...

    No. 10
  • 1947
    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    No. 2: Message From the Sun

    5.7331947HD

    Hand-painted 35 mm stock photographed in 16 mm, color, 2:15 or 10 min. Initially intended to be screened with and synchronized to Dizzy Gillespie's...

    No. 2: Message From the Sun
  • 1954
    No. 9

    No. 9

    No. 9

    61954HD

    16 mm, color, 10 min. Untraced collage.

    No. 9
  • 1979
    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    No. 17: Mirror Animations

    01979HD

    Features Thelonious Monk's Misterioso. Extended version of No. 11 printed forward-backward-forward.

    No. 17: Mirror Animations
  • 1970
    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

    Chelsea Hotel

    01970HD

    A pilot for a documentary film capturing life at the Chelsea Hotel in the early 1970s. The film was never finished due to budget issues. 'A...

    Chelsea Hotel
  • 2017
    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel

    42017HD

    The 94-year-old Robert Frank’s unique recordings of his fellow artists Harry Smith and Allen Ginsberg, which he had salvaged from his own...

    Harry Smith at the Breslin Hotel
  • 1965
    No. 15 Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    No. 15 Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    No. 15 Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film

    71965HD

    16 mm, color, silent, 10 min. Animation of Seminole patchwork.

    No. 15 Untitled Animation of Seminole Patchwork Film