Lawrence Jordan Movies

We are presented on the screen with a sequence of Arcadian images, the intent of which is to raise consciousness one full octave, and to give the...

An animation which lifts off and proceeds with the delicacy of a soap bubble. Conceived as a tiny interlude between longer films: a chance to catch...

Animation, also of a new order in the recent series of short works. Mostly on black space, the figures in blue perform a very compact and jewel-like...

In explaining the process of SOLAR SIGHT II, artist Lawrence Jordan writes, "Many of the approaches to the cut-out material are the same as in part...

On ancient star maps of magnificent color quality, experimental animator Lawrence Jordan takes the viewer out of this world into a world of cosmic...

A compact, full-color cut-out animation as ephemeral as the colors swimming on the surface of a soap bubble. The eternal round shape, the orb (sun,...

Avant-garde short by Lawrence Jordan.

Wedding gift from Maya Deren to Geoffrey Holder; Stan Brakhage and Larry Jordan made film of wedding at Maya Deren’s invitation, told to be...

A game of 9-pins played among the stars.

This is a classing Jordan animation, primarily in B/W, with touches of color. Actually, the engraved art work was film on color negative, so that...

A simple contemplation of the plum tree through a window. In rich black and white.

The scene is set in front of a French chateau. The camera chases improbable incidents across the screen. Many are constructed out of one of Jordan's...

An eight-minute film by titan of avant-garde animation, Lawrence Jordan.

Combines the Mambo and Tibetan sound effects with Jordan Animation and clips of silent film stars, including Eric Von Stroheim, Greta Garbo, Gray...

Painter and collage artist, Jess (Collins) performs 41 (now lost) collages to (his) selected sound bits in the manner of a turn-of-the-century...

The film, an animation, unfolds in three acts: Act I, "Cyrano", wherein Cyrano makes all manner of boasts and compares his lady-love to the marvels...

In Entr'acte II the walls come tumbling down. The wheels come off the wagon: Thunder, Lightning, Explosive meditations. Everything seems to be...

Ancestors is a film about spiritual forefathers and mothers in a purely fanciful sense. These are classical figures, anatomical figures, fairy tale...

A repository of fashion, pleasure and instruction, HARPER'S BAZAR first appeared in 1867 as a weekly publication showcasing European fashion for...

The filmmaker pays homage to the two men who most influenced his initial film work: Max Ernst (collage) and Luis Buñuel (surrealism in cinema).