Nathaniel Dorsky Movies

  • 2020
    Emanations

    Emanations

    Emanations

    02020HD

    Emanations is the third film made during the COVID crises… in this case October and November reveal small joys in a melancholic sea.

    Emanations
  • 2016
    The Dreamer

    The Dreamer

    The Dreamer

    02016HD

    This year our mid-summer’s night was adorned with a glorious full moon. The weeks and days preceding the solstice were magically alive with...

    The Dreamer
  • 1987
    Alaya

    Alaya

    Alaya

    81987HD

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

    Alaya
  • 2016
    Other Archer

    Other Archer

    Other Archer

    02016HD

    A short portrait of a dear friend and collaborator on Devotional Cinema, Nick Hoff.

    Other Archer
  • 2014
    February

    February

    February

    62014HD

    "February was photographed during the first weeks of early spring in San Francisco. For me there is a haunted sense of restlessness in its form, some...

    February
  • 2022
    Interval

    Interval

    Interval

    02022HD

    A bouquet from those final arid days of summer.

    Interval
  • 2011
    The Return

    The Return

    The Return

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    Like a memory already gone, this place of life.

    The Return
  • 2023
    O Death

    O Death

    O Death

    62023HD

    An exploration of the cycle of life and the inevitability of passing.

    O Death
  • 2016
    Lux Perpetua II

    Lux Perpetua II

    Lux Perpetua II

    02016HD

    “For most of my life, my films have been the marriage of external circumstances as seen through the needs of my own psyche. There is no other...

    Lux Perpetua II
  • 1963
    Catch A Tiger

    Catch A Tiger

    Catch A Tiger

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    Catch A Tiger is an educational film that shows some of the spontaneous results in music, dance and art when the nursery school child's innate...

    Catch A Tiger
  • 2022
    Dialogues

    Dialogues

    Dialogues

    02022HD

    The ever-presence of death.

    Dialogues
  • 2018
    Calyx

    Calyx

    Calyx

    02018HD

    "Seven and a half weeks ago, I had open heart surgery...In the three weeks to go before the operation, I bought 21 rolls of film and said 'I'm going...

    Calyx
  • 2016
    Ossuary

    Ossuary

    Ossuary

    02016HD

    “For most of my life, my films have been the marriage of external circumstances as seen through the needs of my own psyche. There is no other...

    Ossuary
  • 2022
    Naos

    Naos

    Naos

    02022HD

    A Naos is the inner room of an ancient Greek temple in which the image of the deity celebrated by that temple is depicted (usually in the form of a...

    Naos
  • 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)
  • 2019
    Canticles

    Canticles

    Canticles

    02019HD

    A strange autumnal in an empty world, a film of late autumn and ghostly presences.

    Canticles