Brian L. Frye Movies

  • 2002
    Across the Rappahannock

    Across the Rappahannock

    Across the Rappahannock

    02002HD

    On December 12, 1863, General Ambrose Burnside's Army of the Potomac engaged General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in the town of...

    Across the Rappahannock
  • 1995
    Grotto of the Gorgons

    Grotto of the Gorgons

    Grotto of the Gorgons

    91995HD

    An electronic variety show featuring poetry, theatrics, dance, songs, and a plot concerning the cultivation of literary innocence and the...

    Grotto of the Gorgons
  • 2000
    Broken Camera Reels 1 & 2

    Broken Camera Reels 1 & 2

    Broken Camera Reels 1 & 2

    02000HD

    The film consists of two rolls of film I shot in 1998 or 1999 while living in a Bushwick loft. I was interested in the perfect simplicity of a movie...

    Broken Camera Reels 1 & 2
  • 1997
    World's Fair and Exhibition

    World's Fair and Exhibition

    World's Fair and Exhibition

    01997HD

    I made this film at the San Francisco Art Institute. I shot the entire film by myself in one day on an Arriflex. It was filmed on Kodak RAR gun...

    World's Fair and Exhibition
  • 2002
    An American Boy Grows Up

    An American Boy Grows Up

    An American Boy Grows Up

    02002HD

    A short work by Brian Frye

    An American Boy Grows Up
  • 2002
    Observations at Gettysburg

    Observations at Gettysburg

    Observations at Gettysburg

    02002HD

    Man is full of sin and nature, and all he does don't bear looking at, and a heap of what he says is a shame and a mawkery. But cant no witness hurt...

    Observations at Gettysburg
  • 2014
    Sara Nokomis Weir

    Sara Nokomis Weir

    Sara Nokomis Weir

    02014HD

    This documentary consists of the victim impact video introduced in the penalty phase of the trial of Douglas Oliver Kelly, accompanied by an audio...

    Sara Nokomis Weir
  • 2011
    A Reasonable Man

    A Reasonable Man

    A Reasonable Man

    02011HD

    In 2007, the United States Supreme Court decided Scott v. Harris, which held that where “the record blatantly contradicts the plaintiff’s...

    A Reasonable Man
  • 1999
    The Anatomy of Melancholy

    The Anatomy of Melancholy

    The Anatomy of Melancholy

    01999HD

    Sometime in the 1960s, a chiropractor from Kansas City made a short film called "A Portrait of Fear." The film consisted of several tableau shots of...

    The Anatomy of Melancholy
  • 2003
    Encomium

    Encomium

    Encomium

    02003HD

    I shot this roll of film at a party Bard College threw when it awarded Stan Brakhage an honorary degree. A few days after he died, I dug it out and...

    Encomium
  • 2003
    Burnout

    Burnout

    Burnout

    82003HD

    A metropolis awash in electrical overdrive crashes in the heat of summer and sends a Bronxite into the clutches of a waterworld further north. It is...

    Burnout
  • 1995
    6.95: Striptease

    6.95: Striptease

    6.95: Striptease

    01995HD

    6.95: Striptease might have been titled "Brian Frye Fails to Strip." We see Frye disrobe, but when he gets to his white undershorts, the roll ends in...

    6.95: Striptease
  • 2011
    The Silent Majority

    The Silent Majority

    The Silent Majority

    02011HD

    This short documentary suggests a direct connection between two of Nixon’s greatest triumphs as president: his landmark 1969 "Silent Majority"...

    The Silent Majority