Lawrence Jordan Movies

  • 1983
    Adagio

    Adagio

    Adagio

    01983HD

    Subtitled “Eros in Psyche” and set to a composition by Tomaso Albinoni, Lawrence Jordan’s rapturous live action short contemplates...

    Adagio
  • 2014
    Driving Demons

    Driving Demons

    Driving Demons

    02014HD

    A 'found-footage' film, original too shrunk to print on 16mm, it was made as one of four films for a project called GRAVITY SPELLS, an album of film...

    Driving Demons
  • 1966
    Rodia-Estudiantina

    Rodia-Estudiantina

    Rodia-Estudiantina

    01966HD

    Avant-garde short by Lawrence Jordan.

    Rodia-Estudiantina
  • 1960
    The Season's Change

    The Season's Change

    The Season's Change

    01960HD

    A simple contemplation of the plum tree through a window. In rich black and white.

    The Season's Change
  • 1954
    Desistfilm

    Desistfilm

    Desistfilm

    5.51954HD

    Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door...

    Desistfilm
  • 1963
    Pink Swine!

    Pink Swine!

    Pink Swine!

    11963HD

    One of Lawrence Jordan's earliest animated films, PINK SWINE is an energetic and playful mix of various animation styles. Described as "an anti-art...

    Pink Swine!
  • 1969
    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    5.31969HD

    Our Lady of the Sphere uses cut-out animation to craft a bizarre science fiction experiment. Moving spheres, such as balloons and bubbles, are...

    Our Lady of the Sphere
  • 1967
    The Old House, Passing

    The Old House, Passing

    The Old House, Passing

    51967HD

    A ghost story with an unstructured plot set amidst the mysteries of an old house. Mood is dominant over plot, and heightened by musical...

    The Old House, Passing
  • 1979
    Moonlight Sonata

    Moonlight Sonata

    Moonlight Sonata

    41979HD

    "After GYMNOPEDIES, I had long wanted to animate a film specifically for a pre-selected piano piece by [Erik] Satie. MOONLIGHT SONATA is that film....

    Moonlight Sonata
  • 1955
    Undertow

    Undertow

    Undertow

    01955HD

    Fantasy/psycho-drama of the cat, the candle and the Christmas tree.

    Undertow
  • 2024
    Hommage

    Hommage

    Hommage

    02024HD

    Everything new is old again (with Lawrence Jordan and Erik Satie in another visual-and-audible collaboration across the decades).

    Hommage
  • 1961
    The Forty and One Nights

    The Forty and One Nights

    The Forty and One Nights

    01961HD

    Painter and collage artist, Jess (Collins) performs 41 (now lost) collages to (his) selected sound bits in the manner of a turn-of-the-century...

    The Forty and One Nights
  • 1956
    Three

    Three

    Three

    101956HD

    In the rarely-seen THREE, one begat three became two and then one again.

    Three
  • 2008
    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass

    02008HD

    Combines the Mambo and Tibetan sound effects with Jordan Animation and clips of silent film stars, including Eric Von Stroheim, Greta Garbo, Gray...

    Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass
  • 1964
    Jewel Face

    Jewel Face

    Jewel Face

    01964HD

    (Now) famous sculptor artist George Herms displays drawings on butcher paper as the filmmaker’s daughter plays with colors of light.

    Jewel Face
  • 2010
    Beyond Enchantment

    Beyond Enchantment

    Beyond Enchantment

    52010HD

    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...

    Beyond Enchantment
  • 1980
    Finds of the Fortnight

    Finds of the Fortnight

    Finds of the Fortnight

    01980HD

    Cut-out animation alternated with text collages.

    Finds of the Fortnight
  • 2013
    Solar Sight III

    Solar Sight III

    Solar Sight III

    02013HD

    I have continued the dream-like form of disparate animated scenes, each with its own "romantic-with-an-edge" slightly surreal flavour. Scenes are...

    Solar Sight III
  • 2019
    Oz

    Oz

    Oz

    102019HD

    A new and original collage film by Lawrence Jordan.

    Oz
  • 1970
    The Egg

    The Egg

    The Egg

    01970HD

    The egg rolls, tumbles and flies from jungles to dessert glasses in a rollicking adventure, accompanied by the music of Eric Satie.

    The Egg