Michael Blackwood Productions Movies

  • 2004
    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968

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    Featuring notable Minimalist artists such as Bride Marden, Claes Oldenburg, and Donald Judd, What is Minimalism: The American Perspective 1958-1968...

    What is Minimalism? : The American Perspective 1958-1968
  • 1980
    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers

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    Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...

    Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
  • 1976
    Hollywood's Musical Moods

    Hollywood's Musical Moods

    Hollywood's Musical Moods

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    In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into...

    Hollywood's Musical Moods
  • 2012
    Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

    Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

    Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity

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    "Marking Infinity", Lee Ufan's recent retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim charts the artist's creation of a visual, conceptual, and...

    Lee Ufan: Marking Infinity
  • 1995
    Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

    Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

    Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

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    With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an...

    Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move
  • 1985
    Empire City

    Empire City

    Empire City

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    A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the participation of some of New York's leading political...

    Empire City
  • 2012
    The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

    The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

    The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

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    Architect Peter Zumthor lives and works in the remote village of Haldenstein in the Swiss Canton of Graubünden where he can keep the politics of...

    The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
  • 2006
    Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

    Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

    Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches

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    Known for his bold, abstract and stark white buildings, American architect Richard Meier now takes on the challenge of building the Jubilee Church in...

    Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches
  • 1988
    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

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    A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
  • 1970
    David Hockney's Diaries

    David Hockney's Diaries

    David Hockney's Diaries

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    Renowned English painter, David Hockney, takes us on a visual journey as he shares with us his treasured photo diaries. Consisting of polaroids...

    David Hockney's Diaries
  • 1990
    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis

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    "Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis" is a visually striking film portrait shot on location in Japan with the participation of the major Butoh...

    Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
  • 2009
    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial

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    This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to...

    Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
  • 1978
    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

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    Documentary examining the life and career of producer/director Roger Corman. Clips from his films and interviews with actors and crew members who...

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
  • 2007
    Jeff Wall: Retrospective

    Jeff Wall: Retrospective

    Jeff Wall: Retrospective

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    Jeff Wall is one of the most important and influential photographers working today. His work played a key role in establishing photography as a...

    Jeff Wall: Retrospective
  • 1981
    Edith Head

    Edith Head

    Edith Head

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    A light-hearted, toe-tapping portrait of the well-known 8 Oscar winning Hollywood costume designer filmed in her opulent house and garden. Edith Head...

    Edith Head
  • 2004
    The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

    The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

    The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney

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    For his five Cremaster films Matthew Barney's created a multitude of sculptural forms and structures. Recently both the sculptures and the films...

    The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
  • 2012
    Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

    Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

    Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture

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    Architects Lebbeus Woods and Steven Holl have been friends for many years, brought together by their creativity, philosophy and visionary...

    Lebbeus Woods + Steven Holl: The Practice of Architecture
  • 1987
    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact

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    In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and...

    Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact
  • 2014
    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires

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    "The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires" is a revealing insight into a long-term radical expansion of the Clark Art Institute...

    The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
  • 2010
    Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering

    Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering

    Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering

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    "Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering" presents a series of detailed lectures during which the past, present and future...

    Post Ductility: Metals in Architecture and Structural Engineering