Lawrence Jordan Movies

  • 1958
    Triptych in Four Parts

    Triptych in Four Parts

    Triptych in Four Parts

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    In describing the basis for TRIPTYCH IN FOUR PARTS, artist Lawrence Jordan writes, "Part one is the Portrait of a North Beach artist, John Reed. Part...

    Triptych in Four Parts
  • 1956
    Water Light

    Water Light

    Water Light

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    The wanderings (and Lawrence Jordan's "Odyssey" triptych) begin in the late 1950s when the filmmaker joined the U.S. Merchant Marines and sailed...

    Water Light
  • 1983
    Adagio

    Adagio

    Adagio

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    Subtitled “Eros in Psyche” and set to a composition by Tomaso Albinoni, Lawrence Jordan’s rapturous live action short contemplates...

    Adagio
  • 1991
    The Visible Compendium

    The Visible Compendium

    The Visible Compendium

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    The Visible Compendium constructs bits of unnamed meanings, fragments of light. Photography is, to me, not about things, but about light. Light is...

    The Visible Compendium
  • 1993
    The Grove

    The Grove

    The Grove

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    The Grove is the second part of Lawrence Jordan's H.D. Trilogy. It continues what began with THE BLACK OUD (again featuring Joanna McClure as the...

    The Grove
  • 1972
    The Sacred Art of Tibet

    The Sacred Art of Tibet

    The Sacred Art of Tibet

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    An accurate depiction of the basic tenets of northern Mahayana Buddhism, cast into living or "experiential" form, consistent with powerful mantras...

    The Sacred Art of Tibet
  • 1965
    Gymnopédies

    Gymnopédies

    Gymnopédies

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    Animation. The theme is Weightlessness. Objects and characters are cut loose from habitual meanings, also from tensions and gravitational...

    Gymnopédies