Bill Morrison Movies

  • 2021
    let me come in

    let me come in

    let me come in

    6.52021HD

    Bill Morrison’s experimental short features decayed film reels from the lost, German silent film Pawns of Passion (1928).

    let me come in
  • 2004
    Gotham

    Gotham

    Gotham

    02004HD

    A city symphony inspired by New York

    Gotham
  • 2020
    Sunken Films

    Sunken Films

    Sunken Films

    02020HD

    A collection of films that have been found, or remain, on the Ocean's floor.

    Sunken Films
  • 2016
    The Unchanging Sea

    The Unchanging Sea

    The Unchanging Sea

    02016HD

    The film The Unchanging Sea (2018) was inspired by the discovery of a decaying print of DW Griffith's The Unchanging Sea (1910) in the nitrate vaults...

    The Unchanging Sea
  • 1990
    Night Highway

    Night Highway

    Night Highway

    61990HD

    B/W visualization of the highway during the night.

    Night Highway
  • 2012
    The Great Flood

    The Great Flood

    The Great Flood

    6.72012HD

    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...

    The Great Flood
  • 2018
    The Letter

    The Letter

    The Letter

    02018HD

    Using the discarded, deteriorating remnants from seven silent film titles, filmmaker Bill Morrison braids a story of intertwining love triangles that...

    The Letter
  • 2010
    Spark of Being

    Spark of Being

    Spark of Being

    6.52010HD

    Spark of Being, a close adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, explores the thematic interchangeability of three of the...

    Spark of Being
  • 2008
    Dystopia

    Dystopia

    Dystopia

    02008HD

    A film symphony inspired by Los Angeles.

    Dystopia
  • 2024
    The Vanguard Tapes

    The Vanguard Tapes

    The Vanguard Tapes

    02024HD

    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...

    The Vanguard Tapes
  • 2003
    The Mesmerist

    The Mesmerist

    The Mesmerist

    82003HD

    Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of...

    The Mesmerist
  • 2015
    Pop Meets the Void

    Pop Meets the Void

    Pop Meets the Void

    02015HD

    Shapeshifting between stardom and anonymity, an unhinged musician navigates a hyperreal combination of live action and animation daydreams in a...

    Pop Meets the Void
  • 2014
    Back to the Soil

    Back to the Soil

    Back to the Soil

    42014HD

    In 1924, Jewish tradesmen in the newly-formed Soviet Union relocated to the Ukraine, Belarus and Crimea to form farming colonies. The film is of a...

    Back to the Soil
  • 2010
    Stargazer

    Stargazer

    Stargazer

    02010HD

    Video by Bill Morrison created for the Ridge Theater production of "Persephone", with music by Ben Neill and Mimi Goese. The staged production was...

    Stargazer
  • 2003
    East River

    East River

    East River

    5.52003HD

    A brief glimpse of Manhattan's skin. Music by Michael Gordon.

    East River
  • 2010
    Release

    Release

    Release

    6.52010HD

    On March 17, 1930, a crowd assembled outside Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary in hopes of witnessing Al Capone's release from prison....

    Release
  • 2006
    The Highwater Trilogy

    The Highwater Trilogy

    The Highwater Trilogy

    62006HD

    Divided into three sections, Bill Morrison's The Highwater Trilogy examines our relationship to the threat of natural disaster by combining archival...

    The Highwater Trilogy
  • 2021
    The Ring

    The Ring

    The Ring

    02021HD

    A short film made during lockdown.

    The Ring
  • 1996
    Moda

    Moda

    Moda

    01996HD

    Hauntingly beautiful preparation for the fashion show followed by the show itself.

    Moda
  • 2013
    All Vows

    All Vows

    All Vows

    02013HD

    An English translation of ‘Kol Nidre’, the incantation that begins the Yom Kippur service and which pre-emptively nullifies any future...

    All Vows