Joseph Cornell Movies

Lawrence Jordan's portrait of the reclusive artist Joseph Cornell.

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

Rare film by Joseph Cornell. The same film as "The Children's Jury"

Slightly different version of Cornell's Mulberry Street. Scenes of Mulberry Street on New York City's Lower East Side, as seen from the point of view...

Joseph Cornell's ode to the memory of his friend Joyce Hunter is a meditative series of scenes recorded at Flushing Cemetery in Queens, where Cornell...

A couple on a street corner and in a cafe, birds circling above the city street, window displays in a shop.

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

3 screen tests by Joseph Cornell.

An untitled Joseph Cornell film from the MOMA collection

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

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

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...

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

Short film with sound by Rudy Burckhardt, assembled from the footage shot by Joseph Cornell for his own silent "Mulberry Street."

Short film by Joseph Cornell, date unknown, color, silent