Lewis Klahr Movies

  • 2021
    Alcestis

    Alcestis

    Alcestis

    02021HD

    Short film part of The Blue Rose of Forgetfulness (2022)

    Alcestis
  • 2019
    Dead Celebrity

    Dead Celebrity

    Dead Celebrity

    02019HD

    An associative montage with color flicker accents that riffs off the mythology of hedonistic musicians and seedy Hollywood hotels. The song is by my...

    Dead Celebrity
  • 2010
    Sugar Slim Says

    Sugar Slim Says

    Sugar Slim Says

    02010HD

    Same address, different buildings. “Put the rope in the can.” Mark Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius) and I became friends because...

    Sugar Slim Says
  • 2021
    Aunt Avis

    Aunt Avis

    Aunt Avis

    02021HD

    Film by Lewis Klahr, music by Loose Cattle.

    Aunt Avis
  • 2021
    Crayon Angels

    Crayon Angels

    Crayon Angels

    02021HD

    Music by Lorenzo Wolff

    Crayon Angels
  • 2020
    D.B.S.

    D.B.S.

    D.B.S.

    02020HD

    created to Royal Auditiorium's S.B.S. I made this a few years back but never felt satisfied by my first version which included edits to 3 different...

    D.B.S.
  • 2013
    Helen of T

    Helen of T

    Helen of T

    02013HD

    "Helen of T is my contemplation of aging. The third episode of Sixty Six, a projected 12 film collage series that is a mythopoetic splice of classic...

    Helen of T
  • 1999
    Govinda

    Govinda

    Govinda

    01999HD

    A three act (a song an act) melodrama about the coming of age of the American counterculture in the 60's and 70's as a generation moves from...

    Govinda
  • 2017
    Black River Falls

    Black River Falls

    Black River Falls

    02017HD

    Music by Dick Connette from his album, Too Sad for the Public Vol. 1: Oysters Ice Cream Lemonade. Suzzy Roche sings the vocal. Dick’s lyrics...

    Black River Falls
  • 2012
    Lip Print (Venus)

    Lip Print (Venus)

    Lip Print (Venus)

    02012HD

    Short film by Lewis Klahr.

    Lip Print (Venus)
  • 2015
    The Silver Age

    The Silver Age

    The Silver Age

    02015HD

    Short film by Lewis Klahr.

    The Silver Age
  • 2013
    Ichor

    Ichor

    Ichor

    02013HD

    "Ichor is the fluid that flows like blood in the veins of the gods. Ichor is the first episode of Sixty Six, a projected 12 film collage series that...

    Ichor
  • 1987
    Her Fragrant Emulsion

    Her Fragrant Emulsion

    Her Fragrant Emulsion

    01987HD

    “Her Fragrant Emulsion is an obsessional homage to the ’60s B-film actress Mimsy Farmer. The film’s visceral collage images act as...

    Her Fragrant Emulsion
  • 2014
    The Occidental Hotel

    The Occidental Hotel

    The Occidental Hotel

    02014HD

    “The Occidental Hotel is a “city” film—I was inspired to emulate the Surrealists’ sense of wandering, of flaneury, of...

    The Occidental Hotel
  • 2014
    Erigone's Daughter

    Erigone's Daughter

    Erigone's Daughter

    02014HD

    This cut-out animated collage picks out the detail to artfully expose the types and tropes of Hollywood crime thrillers with a dadaesque dynamic.

    Erigone's Daughter
  • 2014
    Mars Garden

    Mars Garden

    Mars Garden

    02014HD

    Muscular, patriarchal images of comic book superheroes from yesteryear are illuminated on a light box and juxtaposed with tactile skill.

    Mars Garden
  • 2012
    Album

    Album

    Album

    02012HD

    “Bar mitzvahs. Military training. Rock n' roll. First person, third person. Family photos kept, family photos discarded. A collage of male...

    Album
  • 2012
    Open Eye Sleep

    Open Eye Sleep

    Open Eye Sleep

    02012HD

    Music Tom Recchion Cast: Henry Stram, Kate Valk, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Zippi, Kevin O’Brien

    Open Eye Sleep
  • 2012
    Rain Couplets

    Rain Couplets

    Rain Couplets

    02012HD

    “Kiss the Rain and The Street of Everlasting Rain are part of The Rain Couplets, a new subset of my ongoing Prolix Satori project. Like my...

    Rain Couplets
  • 2013
    Orphacles

    Orphacles

    Orphacles

    02013HD

    "The scent of elliptical narrative lingers in the air, as vividly colored 60's comic book figures thread their way through iconic photograph settings...

    Orphacles