Directed by Robert Downey Sr. and Robert Soukis • 1968 • United States
Downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets (and into some bedrooms) for a look at Manhattan’s singles scene of the late sixties. Of course, that’s not all: NO MORE EXCUSES cuts between this footage and the fragmented tale of a time-traveling Civil War soldier, a rant from the director of the fictional Society for Indecency to Naked Animals, and other assorted improprieties.
Preserved by Anthology Film Archives, with funding provided by The Film Foundation.
Up Next in Up All Night with Robert Downey Sr.
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Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight
Directed by Robert Downey Sr. • 1975 • United States
"A film without a beginning or an end," in Downey's words, this Dadaist thingamajig, a never-before-seen, newly reedited version of the director's 1975 release Moment to Moment (also known as Jive), is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and...
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Robert Downey: Moment to Moment
Directed by Sean Price Williams • 2021 • United States
To pay tribute to one of his filmmaking heroes, Sean Price Willams adopts a style that’s just as out there as his subject, mixing new material and never-before-seen archival footage in this portrait of the underground film titan Robert Downe...
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Robert Downey Sr. and Paul Thomas And...
This conversation between BABO 73 director Robert Downey Sr. and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson was recorded in 2012.