Bob Cowan

Bob Cowan Trailers

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Bob Cowan, also known as Robert Cowan, was a part of the New York underground film scene of the ’60s where he worked largely as an actor. He also served on the board of the Filmmakers’ Coop.

Most Popular Bob Cowan Trailers

Total trailers found: 39

‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen Trailer (1974)

05 November 1974

Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.

The Craven Sluck Trailer (1967)

21 December 1967

A desperate, married woman meets a mysterious man who she blatantly desires. Through some twists and turns, things do not go over as well as she seems to wish.

The Sky Socialist Trailer (1968)

31 August 1968

Ken Jacobs’s most elusive and mysterious film is at once an allegory of movie-making, a demonstration of 8mm versatility, and a celebration of a now vanished neighborhood beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

Color Me Shameless Trailer (1967)

29 December 1967

The Shadow Glass Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

The Shadow Glass is roughly based on Ewers' 'Student of Prague'. It concerns a young man who, feeling incapable of surmounting the harsh realities of love and life, sends his reflection cut to procure and win for him the object of his desire.

Star Wars: Droids - Treasure of the Hidden Planet Trailer (2004)

30 November 2004

Mungo Baobab and his droids, Threepio and Artoo, are trailing the Rainbow comets of Manda in search of the fabled Roon system.

The Secret of Wendel Samson Trailer (1966)

01 July 1966

A young man's struggle with his sexuality overtakes his life, driving him deep into his subconscious where guilt and fears of physicality chase him still further.

Encyclopedia of the Blessed Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

" ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BLESSED culminates my involvement with artist Red Grooms and Mimi Gross. It is a diary of our work as we head for the Pacific Ocean in a suicidal plunge for theatrical infamy.

Monster Invaders from Space Trailer (2018)

30 August 2018

Monsters from space attack earth, two scientists and a couple of teenagers try to stop the extraterrestrial invaders.

Rockflow Trailer (1968)

08 August 1968

"Parts of this film were shot for a mixed media show at the 'Electric Circus' in New York, and were later expanded and re-edited into the present form.

The Eye Creatures Trailer (1967)

20 October 1967

A teenager and his girlfriend must save the world from "eye" aliens after their attempts to convince authorities of an invasion fall on deaf ears.

Evocation Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

"A tribute to overwhelming nature, this film is rich in both color and sound. A combination of original footage and images from children's books, text books, etc.

Remembrance and Goodbye Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

"A personal melancholia concerning the death of my mother with my own personal memoir images of school, home, lost first love and fears of my own obliteration.

Born of the Wind Trailer (1964)

04 March 1964

A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.

Green Desire Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

A youth wanders the landscape of grass and sky in search of puzzling impulses.

Academy Luncheon Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

Jangleflex Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

An abstract, rhythmically cut film with various images of women, some of whom are dancers. The sound track, which is semi-electronic, is composed and played by Cowan.

10 Women 10 Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

Mosholu Holiday Trailer (1967)

10 February 1967

A special guest appearance by Canadian TV star Bill Ronald along with the massive presence of "Mrs. Bronx" herself, Frances Leibowitz, and her girlfriend Iris, make this film a must-see for travel enthusiasts.

Portrait #2: Judy Fyve Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

"Just what it says." –B. C.

Magicman Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

A ritualistic mood piece with colour-rich images

Earth Song Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

A dance-music-processional homage to the life force, a unification of nature and man, shot in San Francisco, Yosemite and New Mexico; made on a grant from the Canada Council.

Solo Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

Pagan Rhapsody Trailer (1970)

28 February 1970

Edgar, an aristocrat, commissions Camillo to write a play based on an affair he had ten years ago with the Countess del Monaco.

Secks Trailer (1970)

26 September 1970

"...in a film abounding with humor and fertile with suggested points of departure for at least half a dozen more pictures, clearly deserves the encouragement that a top award can give.

100 Chinese Opera Masks Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

"Just what it says." –B. C.

Child Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

Soul Freeze Trailer (1967)

10 February 1967

"SOUL FREEZE is Cowan's masterpiece to date, and one of the most consciously anguished of films. It is centered around a man who is being 'tempted' by female sexuality.

River Windows Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

"A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of the idyllic past.

Portrait of Ramona Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

This movie was made mostly in Brooklyn during some very hot and empty evenings. Since the evenings were so empty, Jane Elford, the star, urged me to get started making another movie (we had completed PAGAN RHAPSODY the year before).

Seadrift Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Seadrift is based on a story The Shadow Over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft, and was shot partially in Marblehead Mass.

Moddle Toddle Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

"A tribute to overwhelming nature, this film is rich in both color and sound. A combination of original footage and images from children's books, text books, etc.

Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof Trailer (1961)

01 January 1961

“It glows with the embers of desire! It smokes with the revelation of men and women longing for robust temptations that will make them sizzle into maturity with a furnace-blast of unrestrained animalism.

Chronicles Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam War rages.

Alone Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

"From the way the film begins, and the way the outside images are used, it is clear that they are not intended to be entirely specific to the girl; not, say, to represent her 'thoughts.

The Slasher Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

An insane, deformed killer stalks the grounds of a resort house, bringing sudden violence to those of easy virtue and godlessness.

Lust for Ecstasy Trailer (1964)

04 March 1964

“LUST FOR ECSTASY is my most ambitious attempt since my last film…. I wrote many of the pungent scenes on the D train, and when I arrived on the set I ripped them up and let my emotional whims make chopped meat out of the performances and the story….

Sins of the Fleshapoids Trailer (1965)

04 January 1965

One million years in the future, the human survivors of a nuclear war are served by robots called "fleshapoids.

Night of the Bomb Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

The film combines teenage lust and deranged delinquency to create a cautionary tale for the ages.