Joseph Cornell Movies

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

A lucid dream turned nightmarish reality. A ship sinking into a world of fear. A short film that’s mostly puppetry by one of America's...

Shorter version with sound

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

An untitled Joseph Cornell film from the MOMA collection

Centuries of June, perhaps more than any Cornell film, is a naked attempt to capture the soul of a place and the mood of a disappearing moment.

A short film where circus performers entertain children.

Footage shot for Cornell by Rudy Burckhardt in December 1955 of a woman buying chestnuts from a street vendor and watching people and birds in a city...

A montage of elephants, children, Native Americans, logging, a barnstormer, a blimp, people on and in the water, and a man who sings like a bird.

Smoke, sparks and steam dance together in Cornell's found-footage collage. Backwards title cards (or an alien language, if you like) punctuate this...

Short film by Joseph Cornell.

Director Joseph Cornell evokes the nostalgia of childhood by filming a children's party.

3 screen tests by Joseph Cornell.

Short film by reclusive artist Joseph Cornell, date unknown, colour, silent

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

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