Collections/June 2021

Robert Downey: Moment to Moment

Emerging from the freakiest fringes of the 1960s counterculture, Robert Downey Sr. took the American underground cinema by storm with his wild, weird, and way-out-there send-ups of everything from sex to race relations to religion. In this tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes, acclaimed cinematographer Sean Price Williams ( Good Time , Frownland ) adopts a style that’s just as out there as his subject, mixing new material shot with Downey, never-before-seen archival footage, and clips from Downey’s boundary-pushing films, a selection of which—including the gonzo corporate satire Putney Swope and surrealist acid western Greaser’s Palace —are presented here.

6 films — 4 on the Channel, 2 unavailable