Robert Frank Movies

  • 2008
    Tunnel

    Tunnel

    Tunnel

    02008HD

    Commissioned for an event commemorating the ongoing construction of a 21-mile tunnel through the Swiss Alps, Robert Frank’s experimental short...

    Tunnel
  • 2002
    Paper Route

    Paper Route

    Paper Route

    02002HD

    In a simple, sensitive and entertaining video film, Robert Frank accompanies his local newspaper delivery boy during his morning round one chilly...

    Paper Route
  • 2008
    Fernando

    Fernando

    Fernando

    02008HD

    Robert Frank cared deeply about his friends and family, dedicating many of his photographs and films to them. This, the last video he completed in...

    Fernando
  • 1971
    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

    About Me: A Musical

    51971HD

    A Musical Set in New York City

    About Me: A Musical
  • 2000
    Fragments

    Fragments

    Fragments

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    Fragments originated as a film installation that was projected onto a hanging screen as part of the 2000 exhibition Hold Still, Keep Going at the...

    Fragments
  • 2015
    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

    Life Goes On

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    Life Goes On
  • 1980
    Life Dances On...

    Life Dances On...

    Life Dances On...

    01980HD

    Life Dances On is Robert Frank’s most personal and emotional work because it deals directly with his family and close friends. The film is...

    Life Dances On...
  • 1969
    Life-Raft Earth

    Life-Raft Earth

    Life-Raft Earth

    01969HD

    Liferaft Earth opens with a newspaper report from Hayward, California: "Sandwiched between a restaurant and supermarket, 100 anti-population...

    Life-Raft Earth
  • 2025
    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)

    02025HD

    Scenes from the life of a quiet man and a smart woman. They carry the celebrated surnames Frank and Leaf, both of which were crucial to the 20th...

    Robert and June (and All the Time in the World)
  • 1972
    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    This Is a Film About

    01972HD

    In the early 1970s Robert Frank and the Austrian filmmaker Peter Kubelka led a workshop at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, where students...

    This Is a Film About
  • 1989
    Run

    Run

    Run

    01989HD

    Jonathan Demme wrote that “Robert Frank’s very short film Run, set to New Order’s tune of the same name, remains one of the most...

    Run
  • 1996
    Flamingo

    Flamingo

    Flamingo

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    Is this house getting built or demolished? Robert Frank’s poetic visual report packed with disorienting close-ups leaves it up to the viewer to...

    Flamingo
  • 2024
    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971

    02024HD

    After Robert Frank’s death in 2019, film canisters and video tapes were discovered in storage places, containing footage of Frank’s...

    Robert Frank's Scrapbook Footage: New York 1971
  • 1971
    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

    Conversations in Vermont

    71971HD

    Produced in 1969, this was Frank’s first autobiographical film, telling the story of a father’s relationship with his two teenaged...

    Conversations in Vermont