Movies: Ainslie Pryor

A shady motel manager becomes obsessed with a neglected wife....

Curt McDowell has a confession for his parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

A musical about an unhappy couple and the man that stands between them. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

A series of vignettes illustrating sexual fantasies....

"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle International Film Festival, 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....

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. Rather ...

“PEED INTO THE WIND smears across the screen like one of those dirty underground comic books. It’s loaded with a lot of big scenes and unusual looking people that make this epic resemble a clogged toilet. Unfortunately, since several of the performer...

A vehicle for the talented Mrs. Kathleen Hohalek, as the tenant of the Pyramid Penthouse, with George Kuchar and Bob Hohalek as the burglars, "Slug," and "Boom Boom," John Thomas as "the Cooper" and Ainslie Pryor as "the maid."...

A short film in two parts by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

Two men hypnotize their roommate and attempt to force him to fall in love....

An island. A mountain. A City of Angels who scoop up the pellets dropped by other winged creatures....

A short promotional film directed by Curt McDowell for 'Underground Cinema 12'. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....