Ira Cohen Movies
- 2013
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open52013HD
The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half...
- 1968
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda
The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda6.31968HD
At the court of the Yellow Emperor, the Majoon Traveler & Lady Firefly appear in the Hall of Unconscious Magnetism.
- 2009
FLicKeR
FLicKeR6.82009HD
In 1960, Brion Gysin invented the Dream Machine, a hypnotic light device with the power to induce hallucinations, drugless highs, and revolutionize...
- 2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis6.62007HD
In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...
- 2005
Excavating Taylor Mead
Excavating Taylor Mead02005HD
The film icon/Andy Warhol darling is interviewed is his legendary cluttered apartment.
- 1970
The Stone Age
The Stone Age01970HD
"The question is, it is either going to be a stoned age or a new Stone Age" - Louis Brigante
- 1967
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc01967HD
The story of Joan of Arc as applied to the present revolution in arts and more. The Gothic is applied to the War in Vietnam. The film is experimental...
- 1986
Kings With Straw Mats
Kings With Straw Mats51986HD
Filmmaker and poet Cohen gets close to one of India's greatest sacred celebrations, the Kumbh Mela. Taking place only once every 12 years, this...
- 2006
Brain Damage
Brain Damage52006HD
A new film directed by Ira Cohen and produced by BASTET created from never-before-seen original 16mm outtakes, featuring a new soundtrack composed by...
- 1969
Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika
Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika01969HD
A harrowing, gorgeous, in-your-face-and-mind 45-minute black-and-white film by Marty Topp, produced by Ira Cohen for Universal Mutant. “Marty...
- 2006
Played for Real - Ira Cohen
Played for Real - Ira Cohen02006HD
A short documentary on Ira Cohen.