Michael Blackwood Productions Filmes

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1999
    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

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    At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory...

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Jim Dine: London

    Jim Dine: London

    Jim Dine: London

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    A concentrated look at one of America's early Pop artists, the film was made during Dine's 4-year residency in London. Actively at work in his studio...

    Jim Dine: London
  • 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
  • 2006
    Brice Marden: 4 Decades

    Brice Marden: 4 Decades

    Brice Marden: 4 Decades

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    "Brice Marden: 4 Decades" follows the renowned abstract artist as he explores his acclaimed 2006 MoMA retrospective with curator Gary Garrels....

    Brice Marden: 4 Decades
  • 1975
    Roy Lichtenstein

    Roy Lichtenstein

    Roy Lichtenstein

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    In conversation with Roy Lichtenstein, critic Lawrence Alloway places Pop Art on a continuum of twentieth-century art that includes collage, Dada,...

    Roy Lichtenstein
  • 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
  • 1986
    Richard Meier

    Richard Meier

    Richard Meier

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    Meier guides the viewer on a retrospective of his white buildings, from private houses of the 1960s to the Frankfurt and Atlanta Museums of the...

    Richard Meier
  • 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
  • 1993
    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros

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    The Sensual Nature of Sound portrays four New York based composers and performers in terms of their musical lives and artistic passion. Though Laurie...

    The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
  • 2012
    David Chipperfield: Form Matters

    David Chipperfield: Form Matters

    David Chipperfield: Form Matters

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    When the Tuscan city of Pisa commissioned David Chipperfield to create a master plan that would bring new vitality to this historic spot on the Arno,...

    David Chipperfield: Form Matters
  • 1978
    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism

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    Centered around the emergence of Constructivism, Futurism, Surrealism and Dada, Beyond Cubism takes a closer look at the artists who ignited the new...

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2012
    The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

    The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

    The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary

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    Filmed during a rehearsal and performance of Beethoven's Quartet in B Flat Major, Opus 130, "The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven...

    The Juilliard String Quartet: Keeping Beethoven Contemporary
  • 2014
    Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

    Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

    Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital

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    Greg Lynn, one of the leading figures in computer-aided architectural design, visits the first in a series of exhibitions initiated by the Canadian...

    Greg Lynn: Archaeologist of the Digital