Rick Raxlen Movies

  • 1996
    The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red

    The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red

    The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red

    01996HD

    A portrait of male mid-life crisis as told through the story of a frustrated poetry teacher--and sometime madcap radio deejay--who's fond memories of...

    The Strange Blues of Cowboy Red
  • 1969
    The Sky Is Blue

    The Sky Is Blue

    The Sky Is Blue

    01969HD

    A fanciful story, done in paper cut-outs, of a boy's journey through the skies on the tail of a kite. He soars high above the earth, encountering...

    The Sky Is Blue
  • 1984
    Self-Portrait (with Fish)

    Self-Portrait (with Fish)

    Self-Portrait (with Fish)

    01984HD

    "I bought a children's fishing set and inside there was a red fish. Using real-time analog with digital montage, I created this video just as I would...

    Self-Portrait (with Fish)
  • 1985
    The Divine Right

    The Divine Right

    The Divine Right

    01985HD

    An adaptation of J. G. Frazer's text - Golden Bough - The Divine Right was conceived as a series of improvised dramatic moments for the camera. As...

    The Divine Right
  • 1984
    Grey's Lullaby

    Grey's Lullaby

    Grey's Lullaby

    01984HD

    Using a program which "reads" sixteen shades of grey, the artist has produced a quiet, calming tape; a neutral panacea to help fight against the...

    Grey's Lullaby
  • 1984
    Flagman's Nightmare

    Flagman's Nightmare

    Flagman's Nightmare

    01984HD

    Made during a love-affair (short) with bridges, road-crew workmen and their day-glow coloured vests, flags and markers, Flagman's Nightmare is part...

    Flagman's Nightmare
  • 1984
    The Polytechnic World

    The Polytechnic World

    The Polytechnic World

    01984HD

    The Polytechnic World allows us to see images created by sounds, thanks to a Casio PT-30. We see the yellow and grey image of the small Casio melting...

    The Polytechnic World
  • 2003
    Brand New Triathlon

    Brand New Triathlon

    Brand New Triathlon

    02003HD

    Using books of how-to photographs on the "sports" of bowling, cricket and tai chi. I made a kind of pre-rotoscope-film-basically. I xeroxed many many...

    Brand New Triathlon
  • 1998
    The Geometry of Beware

    The Geometry of Beware

    The Geometry of Beware

    01998HD

    One-minute of found footage of Mutt and Jeff from 1926 is literally reconstructed via paper prints from photocopies and pen and ink drawings.

    The Geometry of Beware
  • 1982
    Jaffa-Gate

    Jaffa-Gate

    Jaffa-Gate

    01982HD

    1930's found-footage, slowed down with original music.

    Jaffa-Gate