Robert Nelson Movies

1965
Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
Confessions of a Black Mother Succuba
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Recurrent themes of violence, sex and TV commercials. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
1967
1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
1/2 Bright, 1/2 Open, 1/2 Withered, 1/2 Lumpy
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A film by Robert Nelson
1967
Soup or Spread
Soup or Spread
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A film by Robert Nelson
1988
Mecca of the Frigid
Mecca of the Frigid
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George visits underground filmmaker Robert Nelson in Milwaukee, and they brave the cold on Lake Michigan.
1969
Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey
Travelogue: Portraits – Images from a journey
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A black-and-white travel journal, in which the themes of memories and their relationship to the past suddenly catch up and rush away from us. The...
1967
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
Penny Bright & Jimmy Witherspoon
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Nelson sets minimal, repetitive imagery against a looping recording of his daughter Oona, which goes gradually from sweet to curious to mysterious to...
1965
T.P.I.
T.P.I.
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A film by Robert Nelson
1976
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
Suite California Stops & Passes Part 1: Tijuana to Hollywood via Death Valley
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The first part of what was intended to be a three-part experimental travelog for Nelson’s home state of California, this film covers the...
1998
Hauling Toto Big
Hauling Toto Big
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Hauling Toto Big is a dense and ecstatic work of fragmented narratives, dream states, chaos and serenity… a culmination of Nelson’s...
1965
Oh Dem Watermelons
Oh Dem Watermelons
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Commissioned by the San Francisco Mime Troupe as a short to be screened during intermission for its rather infamous 1965 Minstrel Show (Civil Rights...
1963
Plastic Haircut
Plastic Haircut
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"Dada-inspired performance in which absurd actions take place in an environment of strange symbols and graphic forms." -Mark Webber. Design by...