Robert Nelson Movies
- 1969
Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey
Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey01969HD
A black-and-white travel journal, in which the themes of memories and their relationship to the past suddenly catch up and rush away from us. The...
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- 1967
1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy01967HD
A film by Robert Nelson
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- 1965
Oily Peloso the Pumph Man
Oily Peloso the Pumph Man01965HD
A film by Robert Nelson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.
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- 1967
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon01967HD
Nelson sets minimal, repetitive imagery against a looping recording of his daughter Oona, which goes gradually from sweet to curious to mysterious to...
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- 1968
War is Hell
War is Hell01968HD
Made by Robert Nelson and William Allan in cooperation with KQED-TV San Francisco. Starring an ensemble cast that includes Bill Gourley, Bruce...
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- 1967
Soup or Spread
Soup or Spread01967HD
A film by Robert Nelson
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- 1967
The Awful Backlash
The Awful Backlash01967HD
“In their starkly minimal film, The Awful Backlash, directors Robert Nelson and William Allan, focus solely on a pair of hands as they begin to...
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- 1965
T.P.II
T.P.II01965HD
A film by Robert Nelson
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- 1998
Hauling Toto Big
Hauling Toto Big81998HD
Hauling Toto Big is a dense and ecstatic work of fragmented narratives, dream states, chaos and serenity… a culmination of Nelson’s...
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- 1963
Plastic Haircut
Plastic Haircut01963HD
"Dada-inspired performance in which absurd actions take place in an environment of strange symbols and graphic forms." -Mark Webber. Design by...
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- 1965
Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba01965HD
Recurrent themes of violence, sex and TV commercials. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
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- 1965
T.P.I.
T.P.I.01965HD
A film by Robert Nelson
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- 1965
Oh Dem Watermelons
Oh Dem Watermelons6.11965HD
Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights...
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