Rudy Burckhardt Movies

  • 1991
    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

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    This is a 1991 documentary film about the legendary artist and filmmaker, Joseph Cornell, who made those magnificent and strange collage boxes. He...

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box
  • 1937
    Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

    Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

    Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.

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    A sightseeing portrait of New York, with lively narration taking the viewer aboard the New York elevated and subway trains. Then the view from the...

    Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y.
  • 1968
    Money

    Money

    Money

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    A silent screen-type comedy starring Edwin Denby as Hemlock Stinge, the unlovable billionaire.

    Money
  • 1957
    Angel

    Angel

    Angel

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    Short film of a statue of an angel by an ornamental pond on a summer's day.

    Angel
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

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    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 1957
    Nymphlight

    Nymphlight

    Nymphlight

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    A short, avant-garde movie, starring twelve-year-old ballet student Gwen Thomas, Nymphlight is a lovely blend of fact and fiction, using Bryant Park...

    Nymphlight
  • 1969
    Tarzam

    Tarzam

    Tarzam

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    "The story of a shipwrecked baby reared by a kindly animal. See Tarzam, the beast-man, invent the art of painting. He meets his first human. His...

    Tarzam
  • 1953
    Under the Brooklyn Bridge

    Under the Brooklyn Bridge

    Under the Brooklyn Bridge

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    "…one cannot deny its documentary value or Burckhardt's eye for detail, his unpretentiousness. There are sequences — the children...

    Under the Brooklyn Bridge
  • 1986
    In Bed

    In Bed

    In Bed

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    To a poem by Kenneth Koch with Chopin played by Gena Raps. "Rudy's lyrical montage opens and reflects the world the way a poem does. He consistently...

    In Bed
  • 1965
    A Legend for Fountains

    A Legend for Fountains

    A Legend for Fountains

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    A sombre day in the city. "A Legend for Fountains" is the 16-minute version, "A Fable for Fountains" the 6-minute version.

    A Legend for Fountains
  • 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
  • 1962
    Shoot the Moon

    Shoot the Moon

    Shoot the Moon

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    Artist Red Grooms and photographer Rudy Burckhardt’s playful homage to George Melies’ “Trip To The Moon” features exaggerated...

    Shoot the Moon
  • 2003
    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

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    A detailed look at a remarkable artist who died in 1999 at age 85. Aspects of Burckhardt's work in photography, film, and painting are examined in...

    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods
  • 1940
    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

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    Short film by Rudy Burckhardt.

    The Uncle's Return
  • 1991
    Rubble Dance

    Rubble Dance

    Rubble Dance

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    A film-dance, shot on 16mm film in Long Island City, Queens, NY.

    Rubble Dance
  • 1938
    Haiti

    Haiti

    Haiti

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    A travelogue of Port-au-Prince, Haiti concentrating on the daily life and rhythm of tropical island life.

    Haiti
  • 1936
    145 W. 21

    145 W. 21

    145 W. 21

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    A romantic pair leaves their flat for a desultory burlesque show and two workmen take advantage of the empty house to pilfer a wallet.

    145 W. 21
  • 1965
    Lurk

    Lurk

    Lurk

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    “Happy with his luscious daughter Aurora in a rustic setting, Professor Borealis has devised an improved brain and is ready to transplant it....

    Lurk
  • 1983
    Untilted

    Untilted

    Untilted

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    Untilted takes an intrigued look around and reports on how things appeared then and what everyone was up to. Lines from a poem by John Ashbery cross...

    Untilted
  • 1978
    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    01978HD

    Red Grooms' retelling of the classic children's story. Shot by the artist Rudy Burckhardt, it stars Mr. Grooms’s daughter, Saskia, and other...

    Little Red Riding Hood