Direction: Bruce Baillie
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Bruce Baillie. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
7.8
52 votes
7.7
49 votes
Roslyn Romance (S)
1976 · Documentary · 17 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
7.6
47 votes
7.6
47 votes
Mass for the Dakota Sioux (S)
1964 · Documentary · 24 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
7.3
80 votes
7.3
80 votes
Castro Street (S)
1966 · Documentary · 10 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot Inspired by a lesson from Erik Satie; a film in the form of a street - Castro Street running by the Standard Oil Refinery in Richmond, California ... switch engines...
7.1
166 votes
7.1
166 votes
To Parsifal (S)
1963 · Documentary · 16 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot The very soul of California seems freshly up for grabs in TO PARSIFAL, one of experimental filmmaker Bruce Baillie’s early masterpieces. We begin at sea, bobbing under seagulls and sky...
7.0
115 votes
7.0
115 votes
On Sundays (S)
1961 · Documentary · 26 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Cast Miss Jean Wong · Roy Ferguson
Plot Legendary filmmaker Bruce Baillie's first film, shot in San Francisco (and utilizing the city as an effective backdrop). A combination of documentary and fantasy starring Baillie's "lovely friend" Miss Wong,...
7.0
35 votes
7.0
35 votes
Here I Am (S)
1962 · Documentary · 10 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot Bruce Baillie’s lyrical portrait of an Oakland school for emotionally disturbed children regards the world of the classroom with open curiosity. His camera thrives on the unpredictable movement of students...
6.9
69 votes
6.9
69 votes
6.8
32 votes
Valentin de las Sierras (S)
1971 · Documentary · 10 min. · Mexico
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot Skin, eyes, knees, horses, hair, sun, earth. Old song of Mexican hero, Valentin, sung by blind Jose Santollo Nadiso en Santa Cruz de la Soledad.
6.6
177 votes
6.6
177 votes
All My Life (S)
1966 · Documentary · 3 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot The film is made up of one single take. The camera pans to the left, focusing on a delapitated fence in a rural field, as Ella Fitzgerald's "All My Life"...
6.3
222 votes
6.3
222 votes
6.2
93 votes
Tung (S)
1966 · Documentary · 5 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot One of San Francisco Cinematheque co-founder Bruce Baillie's sensuous tone poems, TUNG is a portrait of a friend; sandy skin and flaxen hair in the early-morning light.
6.1
75 votes
6.1
75 votes
Pieta (S)
1998 · Movie · 1 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Cast Wind Baillie · Lorie Baillie
Plot Commissioned as the trailer for the 1998 Viennale. "These scenes are a one-minute, condensed version of the conclusion to my last work, MEMOIRS OF AN ANGEL. The scene of children...
5.6
122 votes
5.6
122 votes
The P-38 Pilot (S)
1990 · Documentary · 11 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot “For the dispossessed, the excluded, the condemned, fallen from life and loving.” These words are typed across the screen at the outset of THE P-38 PILOT, Bruce Baillie’s experimental video...
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Yellow Horse (S)
1965 · Documentary · 8 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot “Cycle scrambles poem. Bass solo by Pat Smith, LA”. (Bruce Baillie)
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Port Chicago Vigil (S)
1966 · Documentary · 6 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
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Commute
1995 · Documentary · 57 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot The film proper begins as Baillie takes the passenger seat of an older Honda and films an hour-long drive in the rain. Baillie’s attention moves from passing images on the...
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Show Leader (S)
1966 · Documentary · 1 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Baillie
Plot It is a picture of me in a stream saluting the audience on the soundtrack.
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