James Broughton Movies

  • 1955
    Once Upon An El

    Once Upon An El

    Once Upon An El

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    "The poet Daisy Aldan (who brought Gerard Malanga into the world of experimental filmmaking) directed a beautifully evocative and impressionistic...

    Once Upon An El
  • 1976
    Erogeny

    Erogeny

    Erogeny

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    The film travels in close-up over the mysterious terrains of nude human bodies as they touch and explore one another.

    Erogeny
  • 1971
    This is It

    This is It

    This is It

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    James Broughton's creation myth, THIS IS IT, places a 2-year-old Adam and a bright apple-red balloon in a backyard garden of Eden, and works a small...

    This is It
  • 1969
    Nuptiae

    Nuptiae

    Nuptiae

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    This film celebrates weddings and being wed, and the union of opposites in everything everywhere.

    Nuptiae
  • 1951
    Loony Tom the Happy Lover

    Loony Tom the Happy Lover

    Loony Tom the Happy Lover

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    A short black and white film from James Broughton with Kermit Sheets in a Chaplinesque role.

    Loony Tom the Happy Lover
  • 1979
    Hermes Bird

    Hermes Bird

    Hermes Bird

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    This 11 minute homage to the male member shows its subject in the various stages of erection. The voice-over poem by James Broughton includes the...

    Hermes Bird
  • 1975
    The Water Circle

    The Water Circle

    The Water Circle

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    Celebrating the circulation of the waters of the world, this homage to James Broughton's favorite sage Lao-tsu is illustrated by the dance of...

    The Water Circle
  • 1981
    The Gardener of Eden

    The Gardener of Eden

    The Gardener of Eden

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    An old man (artist and landscape architect Bevis Bawa) contemplates the Garden of Eden.

    The Gardener of Eden
  • 1967
    The Bed

    The Bed

    The Bed

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    James Broughton's counterculture masterpiece about nudity and a bed.

    The Bed