Vivian Ostrovsky Movies

  • 2008
    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

    6.52008HD

    This video was made for an exhibition in Rio on Paulo Werneck, one of Oscar Niemeyer's collaborators. Werneck was the first to introduce mosaics in...

    P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
  • 2011
    Wherever Was Never There

    Wherever Was Never There

    Wherever Was Never There

    02011HD

    An intimate film made on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Vivian Ostrovsky's father, Rehor Ostrovsky’s death. The film is pasted...

    Wherever Was Never There
  • 1982
    Movie

    Movie

    Movie

    61982HD

    With a super 8 camera from Paris to Berlin, from Amsterdam to Rio, from Jerusalem to New York shooting only at night. Hungarian crooners, Indian...

    Movie
  • 1988
    Mansfield K.

    Mansfield K.

    Mansfield K.

    91988HD

    "Readings. A place. Purity of lines. Fine angles. Dominance of whites and blues. Fragility of tapered glasses." A visual evocation of the writing of...

    Mansfield K.
  • 2008
    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    Fone Fur Follies

    02008HD

    Fone Fur Follies is the English version of Télépattes.

    Fone Fur Follies
  • 1980
    Carolyn II

    Carolyn II

    Carolyn II

    01980HD

    Portrait. She dances in the center of her area. Obscure to the look. She abandons us to her limit. Turn. Count the chips. Conjugate. Turn on...

    Carolyn II
  • 2019
    Unsound

    Unsound

    Unsound

    02019HD

    A Russian can say, “I hear the smell…” A maestro has a vision of what a symphony should sound like. In a silent film how can one...

    Unsound
  • 1997
    American International Pictures

    American International Pictures

    American International Pictures

    01997HD

    Absorb these images, “breathing slowly, quietly, and very calmly. Sinking softly, silently…” Drift into a relaxing reverie.

    American International Pictures
  • 1993
    Kleist

    Kleist

    Kleist

    01993HD

    Readings. Heinrich von Kleist / Robert Walser. Contiguous. They talk about imagination. Walser imagines Kleist, Kleist nobody, but Penthesilea. In...

    Kleist
  • 2009
    Tatitude

    Tatitude

    Tatitude

    02009HD

    A delightful update of Jacques Tati’s classic Les Vacances de M. Hulot (Mr. Hulot’s Holidays). Seagulls squawk, waves crash and swimmers...

    Tatitude
  • 1984
    Portraits / Mirrors

    Portraits / Mirrors

    Portraits / Mirrors

    01984HD

    A single-screen version of the Portraits / Mirrors multi-projection. Featuring portraits of: Aloual, Gaël Badaud, Raphaël Bassan, Yann...

    Portraits / Mirrors
  • 2001
    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky

    02001HD

    Vivian Ostrovsky is a nomad film-maker, born in New York. Student in Brazil then in Paris, which takes its camera of continent in continent since...

    Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky
  • 1987
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    01987HD

    Sarah and Paul leave their native California once a year to eat their way through France. They test the Michelin guide’s recommendations for...

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  • 1995
    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)

    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)

    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)

    01995HD

    In 10th. Century Japan, Sei Shonagon, lady-in-waiting to the Empress, wrote of the goings-on at the Japanese court. Fearing vengeance, she hid these...

    UTA MAKURA (PILLOW POEMS)
  • 1992
    M.M. In Motion

    M.M. In Motion

    M.M. In Motion

    01992HD

    "Vivian Ostrovsky's intriguing film focuses on the French dancer- choreographer Mathilde Monnier, now the director of the National Choreographic...

    M.M. In Motion
  • 1991
    Été

    Été

    Été

    01991HD

    The voices say a story. forget it. Of what time. And who speaks. Both of them. One or the other. later. Others may be. Of chance. Which would...

    Été