Michael Blackwood Productions Movies

  • 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
  • 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
    Yesterday's Witness

    Yesterday's Witness

    Yesterday's Witness

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    For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential...

    Yesterday's Witness
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1989
    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects

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    Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese...

    Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects
  • 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
  • 2005
    Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

    Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

    Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression

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    Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.

    Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    Conversations with Philip Guston

    Conversations with Philip Guston

    Conversations with Philip Guston

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    Art historians and critics talk with Philip Guston about his ideas and new work of the 1970's. Filmed during the making of "Philip Guston: A Life...

    Conversations with Philip Guston
  • 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
  • 1994
    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy

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    American composers have long struggled against the momentum of the Western European classical tradition and the prestige it has held in America's...

    Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2004
    A Day with Zaha Hadid

    A Day with Zaha Hadid

    A Day with Zaha Hadid

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    While guiding us through her retrospective exhibition “Zaha Hadid Has Arrived”, the renowned architect recalls her career from its...

    A Day with Zaha Hadid
  • 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