Richard Foreman Movies
- 2016
American Pastoral
American Pastoral6.182016HD
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their...
- 1987
Dark Tower
Dark Tower3.91987HD
A partially under construction office tower is being haunted by a deadly presence which seems to target the building's architect.
- 1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.41968HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 1986
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life81986HD
A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.
- 2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis6.62007HD
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...
- 2018
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground02018HD
The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double...
- 1981
Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine5.61981HD
Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...
- 2012
Once Every Day
Once Every Day5.32012HD
Since the late 1960s, the almost annual productions of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater have been among New York’s artistic...
- 1967
Bill's Hat
Bill's Hat01967HD
"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my...
- 2009
Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)
Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)02009HD
An opera by John Zorn and Richard Foreman
- 1989
Total Rain
Total Rain01989HD
In this “video play”, which was shown on WGBH/WNET’s series, “New Television”, playwright/director Richard Foreman...
- 1989
Lava
Lava01989HD
A filmed play by Richard Foreman.
- 2005
The Ontological Cowboy
The Ontological Cowboy02005HD
"The theater is about sex." At least according to Richard Foreman, the father of the Ontological Hysterical Theater. THE ONTOLOGICAL COWBOY documents...
- 1978
City Archives
City Archives101978HD
Avant garde film from 1978, by playwright and filmmaker Richard Foreman.
- 1976
Out of the Body Travel
Out of the Body Travel01976HD
A "young woman who finds herself surrounded by the relics of Western culture" is the subject of Richard Foreman's formal tableaux. The narration...
- 2004
Planet Earth: Dreams
Planet Earth: Dreams02004HD
Written by legendary theater artist, Richard Foreman, Planet Earth: Dreams revolves around the desire to escape -- not to a Dream world -- but to a...