Lawrence Jordan Movies
- 1993
Star of Day
Star of Day41993HD
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,...
- 1965
A Legend for Fountains
A Legend for Fountains61965HD
A sombre day in the city. "A Legend for Fountains" is the 16-minute version, "A Fable for Fountains" the 6-minute version.
- 1953
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection
Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection6.51953HD
An anatomy of violence. Four young men and two young women are on a drive. There's a rivalry between two guys for one of the girls. On a remote road,...
- 1956
Three
Three101956HD
In the rarely-seen THREE, one begat three became two and then one again.
- 2010
Beyond Enchantment
Beyond Enchantment52010HD
Where all is static motion; where music and light become one; where change and motion become one; and where the end is the beginning. Black and white...
- 2021
Belle du Jour
Belle du Jour02021HD
Film by Lawrence Jordan, soundtrack by John Davis. Children's book illustrations intermingle with the alchemical and all kinds of animalia in...
- 2013
After the Circus
After the Circus02013HD
An exploration into 19th century death mystiques, which rely heavily on the supernatural, along with a belief in, or at least a fascination with,...
- 1956
The One Romantic Venture of Edward
The One Romantic Venture of Edward61956HD
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...
- 1983
Adagio
Adagio01983HD
Subtitled “Eros in Psyche” and set to a composition by Tomaso Albinoni, Lawrence Jordan’s rapturous live action short contemplates...
- 2005
Poet's Dream
Poet's Dream02005HD
The poet's dreams a maiden's bubbles through edifices of forest and eclectic contagion.
- 1970
Untitled Early Film
Untitled Early Film01970HD
A sonic collage of intermittent speech and Eastern drones intermingles with vibrant color imagery of suspended statute heads, flowers and trinkets....
- 2020
Encounters in Light
Encounters in Light02020HD
Encounters in Light is the poetic documentation of two artists, friends, and lovers. The film eschews any biographical structure and instead looks at...
- 2004
Chateau/Poyet
Chateau/Poyet02004HD
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...
- 1960
Hymn in Praise of the Sun
Hymn in Praise of the Sun01960HD
A celebration of the filmmaker’s daughter’s birth. The blazing garden as a metaphor for the cycle of life.
- 2004
Enid's Idyll
Enid's Idyll6.32004HD
Lawrence Jordan used forty-six engraved Gustave Doré illustrations from "Idylls of the King" as settings for his extravagantly romantic saga....
- 2010
Cosmic Alchemy
Cosmic Alchemy5.72010HD
On ancient star maps of magnificent color quality, experimental animator Lawrence Jordan takes the viewer out of this world into a world of cosmic...
- 2011
Solar Sight
Solar Sight8.82011HD
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...
- 2009
Circus Savage
Circus Savage8.82009HD
If there is such an old-fashioned thing as "stream of consciousness" in cinema, I suppose this is it. It certainly felt like a flowing stream or...
- 1956
Trumpit
Trumpit4.41956HD
Featuring a card game played on the body of a naked woman, Lawrence Jordan portrays male sexual frustration while slyly satirizing Hollywood reaction...
- 1967
The Old House, Passing
The Old House, Passing51967HD
A ghost story with an unstructured plot set amidst the mysteries of an old house. Mood is dominant over plot, and heightened by musical...