Rudy Burckhardt Movies

  • 1986
    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

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    Here this display of New York textures and cross-sections is juxtaposed with the creation of a dance work, Jig Jag, by choreographer-dancer Douglas...

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street
  • 1985
    The Nude Pond

    The Nude Pond

    The Nude Pond

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    Poems by John Ashbery; with performances by Douglas Dunn and Susan Blankenson, Yoshiko Chuma. "A grand synthesis of the poetic free association films...

    The Nude Pond
  • 1969
    One Flight Up

    One Flight Up

    One Flight Up

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    ONE FLIGHT UP is both the name of this documentary portrait and the title of a piece by artist Alex Katz. The work-of-the-same-name figures...

    One Flight Up
  • 1992
    Wayward Glimpses

    Wayward Glimpses

    Wayward Glimpses

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    With music by Elliott Carter adding drama and richness, a surreal dance by Dana Reitz and Alice Notley reading her poem "I work in a whorehouse, I...

    Wayward Glimpses
  • 1975
    Saroche

    Saroche

    Saroche

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    a travelogue of Peru.

    Saroche
  • 1964
    Miracle on the BMT

    Miracle on the BMT

    Miracle on the BMT

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    a swift tour of subways and streets while it concentrates on a threadbare romantic comedy about a lonely boy and a girl, played by Red and Mimi Grooms

    Miracle on the BMT
  • 1975
    Default Averted

    Default Averted

    Default Averted

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    When New York was about to go bankrupt, all construction had stopped and an architect tried to become a wrecker. This is the story of the demolition...

    Default Averted
  • 1991
    Night Fantasies

    Night Fantasies

    Night Fantasies

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    Elliott Carter’s composition of the same title inspired Rudy Burckhardt, in collaboration with Yvonne Jacquette, to photograph this...

    Night Fantasies