Tapestry
Alternate Title: Odyssey
Directed by: Lawrence Jordan
year: 1988 15 minutes
TAPESTRY, part of Lawrence Jordan's "Odyssey" triptych and filmed much later in Jordan's life, is a charged record of his bachelor life after marriage and child-rearing.
- Genres:
- Avant-garde
- Silent / Silent Documentary
- Documentary / Biography
- Short / Documentary
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The Sacred Art of Tibet
Dir. Lawrence Jordan
(1972)
28 minutes
- Genres:
- Animation / Cut-Out
- Avant-garde
- Documentary / Religion
- Short / Documentary
- Documentary / Art / Visual Arts / Painting
- Classic / Classic Documentary
The making of THE SACRED ART OF TIBET was a long and arduous process. And, it made a deep impression in my life. The film culminated a long period of research into Northern Buddhist philosophy.
Cornell, 1965
Dir. Lawrence Jordan
(1978)
7 minutes
- Genres:
- Documentary / Art / Visual Arts
- Documentary / Biography
- Short / Documentary
- Avant-garde
Lawrence Jordan shot four rolls of Kodachrome 16mm film in and around Joseph Cornell's house when he worked as Cornell's assistant during the summer and fall of 1965.
Visions of a City
Dir. Lawrence Jordan
(1978)
6 minutes
- Genres:
- Drama / Pseudodocumentary
- Short / Documentary
- Silent / Silent Documentary
- Avant-garde / City Symphony
Sepia toning lends a romantic (even wistful) quality to Larry Jordan's film VISIONS OF A CITY, which he shot in San Francisco in 1957 and edited in 1978.
Water Light
Odyssey
Dir. Lawrence Jordan
(1957)
2 minutes
- Genres:
- Avant-garde
- Documentary / Travelogue
- Silent / Silent Documentary
- Short / Documentary
- Documentary / Biography
The wanderings begin in the late 1950s when Lawrence Jordan joined the U.S. Merchant Marine and sailed through stormy and serene weather to the Orient.
Postcard from San Miguel
Odyssey
Dir. Lawrence Jordan
(1993)
11 minutes
- Genres:
- Avant-garde
- Documentary / Travelogue
- Short / Documentary
- Silent / Silent Documentary
- Documentary / Biography
On the surface, POSTCARDS FROM SAN MIGUEL is merely a postcard from the picturesque Mexican colonial town. Underneath is the mysterious quest for the filmmaker's dream-lover.
Star of Day
H.D. Trilogy III
Dir. Lawrence Jordan
(1993)
24 minutes
- Genres:
- Avant-garde
- Documentary / Cinéma-vérité
- Adaptation / Literary / Poetry
- Documentary / Travelogue
- Short / Documentary
STAR OF DAY is simply the internal, subliminal (poetic) thoughts of an aging woman poet as she travels the world, alone, probably for the last time, thinking of a friend she has lost.
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