Bill Morrison

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The Letter
6.4

The Letter

Apr. 26, 2018

The Letter

Using the discarded, deteriorating remnants from seven silent film titles, filmmaker Bill Morrison braids a story of intertwining love triangles ...
Dawson City: Frozen Time
7.5

Dawson City: Frozen Time

The true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until being discovered buried in ...
Outerborough
6.9

Outerborough

Apr. 19, 2005

Outerborough

In 1899, a photographer at American Mutoscope & Biograph mounted his camera on the front of a trolley traveling over the Brooklyn Bridge. The ...
City Walk
6.2

City Walk

Jan. 01, 1999

City Walk

An early Bill Morrison short, in this work he traverses an urban landscape utilizing high contrast black and white footage. The bustling nature ...
Just Ancient Loops
6.8

Just Ancient Loops

Nov. 03, 2012

Just Ancient Loops

‘Just Ancient Loops’ employs high resolution scans of ancient nitrate footage, as well as newly created CGI renderings of space to ...
Spark of Being
6.8

Spark of Being

Nov. 19, 2010

Spark of Being

Spark of Being, a close adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, explores the thematic interchangeability of three of the novel’s ...
The Mesmerist
6.4

The Mesmerist

Nov. 07, 2003

The Mesmerist

Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility ...
Ghost Trip
6.1

Ghost Trip

Jun. 13, 2000

Ghost Trip

Singer-songwriter Slink Moss plays the mysterious driver of a Cadillac hearse who journeys across America to pick up and drop off a hitchhiker to ...
Decasia: The State of Decay
7.2

Decasia: The State of Decay

A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.