Nathaniel Dorsky Movies

  • 2022
    Caracole (for Mac)

    Caracole (for Mac)

    Caracole (for Mac)

    02022HD

    Mac McGinnes, a dear friend and neighbor, often sat in with me during my editing sessions. This brief but light-filled farewell was made for Mac upon...

    Caracole (for Mac)
  • 1987
    Alaya

    Alaya

    Alaya

    81987HD

    Sand, wind, and light intermingle with the emulsions. The viewer is the star.

    Alaya
  • 2019
    Apricity

    Apricity

    Apricity

    02019HD

    “The title Apricity refers to the warmth of the sun in winter. It is an homage to the writer Jane (Brakhage) Wodening. In speaking to her I...

    Apricity
  • 2021
    Ember Days

    Ember Days

    Ember Days

    02021HD

    Primordial spring is in the air, all is tentative.

    Ember Days
  • 2011
    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky

    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky

    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky

    02011HD

    During a tour with my films in Spain last spring, I had the pleasure of being honoured with the attention of three young people who offered me the...

    Interview with Nathaniel Dorsky
  • 1966
    Summerwind

    Summerwind

    Summerwind

    01966HD

    Dorsky’s three earliest works (made when he “entered the realm of poetic filmmaking as an active maker”), all sound films, with...

    Summerwind
  • 2022
    Interval

    Interval

    Interval

    02022HD

    A bouquet from those final arid days of summer.

    Interval
  • 2018
    Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)

    Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)

    Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)

    02018HD

    Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle) has three sections. It is in the spirit of the early Chinese landscape colophons, a text added to the horizontal...

    Colophon (for the Arboretum Cycle)
  • 1964
    Ingreen

    Ingreen

    Ingreen

    01964HD

    Dorsky’s three earliest works (made when he “entered the realm of poetic filmmaking as an active maker”), all sound films, with...

    Ingreen
  • 2020
    William

    William

    William

    02020HD

    William Brown, the son of my dear friend, Owsley Brown, is majoring in acting at the University of Southern California. During the lock down we...

    William
  • 1978
    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    Divided Loyalties

    01978HD

    Warren Sonbert described Divided Loyalties as a film 'about art vs. industry and their various crossovers.' According to film critic Amy Taubin,...

    Divided Loyalties
  • 2010
    Pastourelle

    Pastourelle

    Pastourelle

    62010HD

    "A pastourelle and an aubade are two different forms of courtship songs from the Troubadour tradition. In this case, the film Pastourelle, a sister...

    Pastourelle
  • 2020
    Lamentations

    Lamentations

    Lamentations

    02020HD

    "Lamentations is a cinematic tumble through diverse dreamscapes in a man-made world." —N.D.

    Lamentations
  • 2021
    Terce

    Terce

    Terce

    02021HD

    Terce is the sixth film made during the Covid crises… the yellow greens of spring at last… the beginning of a greater relaxation.

    Terce
  • 2013
    Summer

    Summer

    Summer

    02013HD

    Summer in San Francisco is a dry and rainless season. The film, Summer, although photographed during this period of time, is not so much a...

    Summer
  • 2010
    Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story

    Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story

    Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story

    62010HD

    In 1948, a small, struggling, semi-professional orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky began a novel project to commission new works from contemporary...

    Music Makes a City: A Louisville Orchestra Story
  • 2023
    Caracole (for Izcali)

    Caracole (for Izcali)

    Caracole (for Izcali)

    02023HD

    In the last few years I have been making a series of cinematic portraits of young filmmaking friends acting as collaborators in portraiture.There is...

    Caracole (for Izcali)
  • 2023
    Place d'or

    Place d'or

    Place d'or

    02023HD

    Autumn lake in San Francisco.

    Place d'or
  • 1987
    17 Reasons Why

    17 Reasons Why

    17 Reasons Why

    01987HD

    17 Reasons Why was photographed with a variety of semi-ancient regular 8 cameras and is projected unslit as 16mm. The four image format gives a look...

    17 Reasons Why
  • 1965
    A Fall Trip Home

    A Fall Trip Home

    A Fall Trip Home

    01965HD

    Dorsky’s three earliest works (made when he “entered the realm of poetic filmmaking as an active maker”), all sound films, with...

    A Fall Trip Home