Joseph Cornell Movies

Joseph Cornell's original compilation from his own film collection is based on the low-budget slapstick cartoons produced in the 1920s and 1930s by...

Joseph Cornell shot footage on Mulberry Street with Rudolph Burckhardt and made this silent film. Burckhardt would make his own sound version, "What...

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

Short film by Joseph Cornell.

Joseph Cornell film with input from Rudolph Burckhardt. Also the title to one of Cornell's collages.

Footage shot for Cornell by Rudy Burckhardt in December 1955 of a woman buying chestnuts from a street vendor and watching people and birds in a city...

A shorter version of Joseph Cornell's Nymphlight, an experimental film shot in New York City's Bryant Park, featuring scenes of birds, fountains,...

The contents consist mostly of found footage, similar to the repurposed imagery favored by Cornell in his other films. Edited with Cornell’s...

Director Joseph Cornell evokes the nostalgia of childhood by filming a children's party.

A montage of elephants, children, Native Americans, logging, a barnstormer, a blimp, people on and in the water, and a man who sings like a bird.

A short film where circus performers entertain children.

Smoke, sparks and steam dance together in Cornell's found-footage collage. Backwards title cards (or an alien language, if you like) punctuate this...

Short film by reclusive artist Joseph Cornell, date unknown, colour, silent

An untitled Joseph Cornell film from the MOMA collection

Carousel - Animal Opera (c.1938), a visual symphony by artist and sculptor Joseph Cornell.

3 screen tests by Joseph Cornell.