James Broughton Movies

'Adventures of Jimmy' resolves its immature hero’s quest for “playmates” through a tongue-in-cheek narration that juxtaposes...

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

A lovely, poetic, humorous and crystal investigation of mankind standing, sitting and lying down.

The love shaman calls for a sexual revolution of the body politic urging mankind into a new love age.

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

In this homage to Zen poet Basho, the subtle changes of a pond are chronicled on film over a period of time. Broughton recites his cuckoo haikus in...

The oneiric quest of a modern argonaut on a mysterious island located somewhere on the borders of the unconscious.

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

A motion portrait of poet James Broughton, by his long time partner and filmmaker Joel Singer. Original music by Lou Harrison.

A soundless mix of story fragments and images. Initially, images of death, a man with a guitar, a soirée. Some images are surreal: an older...

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...

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