Lawrence Jordan Movies

  • 1956
    Water Light

    Water Light

    Water Light

    41956HD

    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
  • 1956
    Trumpit

    Trumpit

    Trumpit

    4.41956HD

    Featuring a card game played on the body of a naked woman, Lawrence Jordan portrays male sexual frustration while slyly satirizing Hollywood reaction...

    Trumpit
  • 2008
    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

    02008HD

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

    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass
  • 2019
    Oz

    Oz

    Oz

    02019HD

    A new and original collage film by Lawrence Jordan.

    Oz
  • 1991
    The Visible Compendium

    The Visible Compendium

    The Visible Compendium

    11991HD

    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
  • 2021
    Belle du Jour

    Belle du Jour

    Belle du Jour

    02021HD

    Film by Lawrence Jordan, soundtrack by John Davis. Children's book illustrations intermingle with the alchemical and all kinds of animalia in...

    Belle du Jour
  • 2014
    Entr'Acte

    Entr'Acte

    Entr'Acte

    02014HD

    A series of vaudeville acts inserted in images of reality, meant to demonstrate the ephemeral nature of all things.

    Entr'Acte
  • 2004
    Chateau/Poyet

    Chateau/Poyet

    Chateau/Poyet

    02004HD

    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...

    Chateau/Poyet
  • 1973
    Orb

    Orb

    Orb

    01973HD

    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,...

    Orb
  • 1955
    Undertow

    Undertow

    Undertow

    01955HD

    Fantasy/psycho-drama of the cat, the candle and the Christmas tree.

    Undertow
  • 1965
    A Legend for Fountains

    A Legend for Fountains

    A Legend for Fountains

    61965HD

    A sombre day in the city. "A Legend for Fountains" is the 16-minute version, "A Fable for Fountains" the 6-minute version.

    A Legend for Fountains
  • 1960
    Hymn in Praise of the Sun

    Hymn in Praise of the Sun

    Hymn in Praise of the Sun

    01960HD

    A celebration of the filmmaker’s daughter’s birth. The blazing garden as a metaphor for the cycle of life.

    Hymn in Praise of the Sun
  • 1967
    The Old House, Passing

    The Old House, Passing

    The Old House, Passing

    51967HD

    A ghost story with an unstructured plot set amidst the mysteries of an old house. Mood is dominant over plot, and heightened by musical...

    The Old House, Passing
  • 2011
    Solar Sight

    Solar Sight

    Solar Sight

    8.82011HD

    In describing the foundations for SOLAR SIGHT, artist Lawrence Jordan writes, "A question I had in mind was: what's the place of the human being in...

    Solar Sight
  • 1993
    The Grove

    The Grove

    The Grove

    01993HD

    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
  • 1993
    Star of Day

    Star of Day

    Star of Day

    41993HD

    The film is simply the internal, subliminal (poetic) thoughts of an aging woman poet as she travels the world, alone, probably for the last time,...

    Star of Day
  • 2010
    Cosmic Alchemy

    Cosmic Alchemy

    Cosmic Alchemy

    5.72010HD

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

    Cosmic Alchemy
  • 1986
    Sophie's Place

    Sophie's Place

    Sophie's Place

    4.41986HD

    Five years in the making, Lawrence Jordan's feature-length "alchemical autobiography" Sophie's Place takes as its inspiration the story of the Greek...

    Sophie's Place
  • 1956
    The One Romantic Venture of Edward

    The One Romantic Venture of Edward

    The One Romantic Venture of Edward

    61956HD

    The young man, played by Stan Brakhage, gets himself into a seriously comic mix-up by indulging in semi-sexual fantasies, and allowing the fantasies...

    The One Romantic Venture of Edward
  • 1966
    Big Sur: The Ladies

    Big Sur: The Ladies

    Big Sur: The Ladies

    61966HD

    Against the coastline of the Big Sur country the camera catches swiftly shifting fragments of the nude women at the baths, playing the guitar,...

    Big Sur: The Ladies