Bill Morrison Movies

  • 2021
    The Ring

    The Ring

    The Ring

    02021HD

    A short film made during lockdown.

    The Ring
  • 2020
    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    Curly’s Thanksgiving

    02020HD

    My cat Curly recorded this video on 4/7/20. It's a get well soon card to the world. (And remember to wash your paws!)

    Curly’s Thanksgiving
  • 2020
    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea

    02020HD

    a serene and endearing cat-cam video, made during lockdown and scored by Bill Frisell.

    Curly Takes a Bath by the Sea
  • 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
  • 2020
    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era

    02020HD

    A TCM original production on why silent movies matter, featuring new interviews with Honorary Academy Award winner Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker Bill...

    Silents, Please! A Love Letter to the Silent Era
  • 2014
    The Film That Buys the Cinema

    The Film That Buys the Cinema

    The Film That Buys the Cinema

    02014HD

    A collection of films from an eclectic array of contributors commissioned to raise funds for the Bristol independent cinema The Cube.

    The Film That Buys the Cinema
  • 2018
    Cinematograph

    Cinematograph

    Cinematograph

    02018HD

    The film depicts the Lumière Brothers discussing and examining their Cinématographe machine. This film has traveled through time since...

    Cinematograph
  • 2018
    Buried and Breaking Away

    Buried and Breaking Away

    Buried and Breaking Away

    02018HD

    Buried and Breaking Away demonstrates the effect of Bloomington, Indiana’s elements on one of its favorite cinematic progenies.

    Buried and Breaking Away
  • 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
  • 2018
    Weaving

    Weaving

    Weaving

    02018HD

    An examination of weaving and the loom as the predecessor to modern-day computing. Using punched cards, weaving programs were designed for looms in...

    Weaving
  • 2017
    Dawson City: Postscript

    Dawson City: Postscript

    Dawson City: Postscript

    02017HD

    Following on from Bill Morrison's feature Dawson City: Frozen Time, a short film, Dawson City: Postscript (10 min, 2017) details the journey this...

    Dawson City: Postscript
  • 2016
    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

    Niver vs Walls

    02016HD

    Previously unheard interviews with Kemp Niver and Howard Walls from 1992, the two men who helped discover and restore the earliest film collection -...

    Niver vs Walls
  • 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
  • 2016
    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie

    02016HD

    Little Orphant Annie is a re-edit of a silent film of the same title from 1918, directed by Colin Campbell. Two reels from an original nitrate print...

    Little Orphant Annie
  • 2004
    Gotham

    Gotham

    Gotham

    02004HD

    A city symphony inspired by New York

    Gotham
  • 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
  • 2012
    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

    Koller and Freud

    02012HD

    This found-footage piece is based on an early study of the effects of cocaine by the filmmaker’s great-grandfather Carl Koller and Sigmund...

    Koller and Freud
  • 2011
    DawnPatrol

    DawnPatrol

    DawnPatrol

    02011HD

    An adventure from the point of view of a fly.

    DawnPatrol
  • 2013
    Rite of Spring

    Rite of Spring

    Rite of Spring

    02013HD

    Black-and-white film projections by Bill Morrison, using archival footage of frigid Arctic scenes.

    Rite of Spring
  • 2012
    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

    Gene Takes a Drink

    02012HD

    An experimental film by Bill Morrison.

    Gene Takes a Drink