Rudy Burckhardt Movies

  • 1991
    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box

    01991HD

    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
  • 1980
    Sonatina and Fugue

    Sonatina and Fugue

    Sonatina and Fugue

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    Images of city and landscape moving with a romantic piano sonatina by Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), then classic keyboard figures by Johann S. Bach....

    Sonatina and Fugue
  • 1986
    In Bed

    In Bed

    In Bed

    01986HD

    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
  • 1975
    The Bottle of the Bulge

    The Bottle of the Bulge

    The Bottle of the Bulge

    01975HD

    "A funny and gorgeous little animated story of the war between coke and pepsi – the bottles come alive and form armies. The battle scenes are...

    The Bottle of the Bulge
  • 1975
    Saroche

    Saroche

    Saroche

    01975HD

    a travelogue of Peru.

    Saroche
  • 1972
    Slipperella

    Slipperella

    Slipperella

    01972HD

    A fairy tale about a pair of moccasins that take off on their own, through woods and fields into the town of Belfast, Maine. They fall in love, drink...

    Slipperella
  • 1969
    One Flight Up

    One Flight Up

    One Flight Up

    01969HD

    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
  • 1966
    Daisy

    Daisy

    Daisy

    01966HD

    "a film that looks forward to the many collage films Burckhardt has made in the last two decades. Shot in Maine in black and white, it demonstrates...

    Daisy
  • 1975
    Default Averted

    Default Averted

    Default Averted

    01975HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1955
    The Aviary

    The Aviary

    The Aviary

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    A collaboration between Joseph Cornell and Rudy Burckhardt, Aviary is an impression of Union Square. The location held a particular fascination for...

    The Aviary
  • 1970
    Made in Maine

    Made in Maine

    Made in Maine

    01970HD

    "A few acres in Maine. Closeup looks at a small lake in the woods, wild flowers, clouds, mosses, ants and mushrooms. The visual richness is...

    Made in Maine
  • 1968
    Money

    Money

    Money

    01968HD

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

    Money
  • 1957
    Children

    Children

    Children

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    Slightly different version of Cornell's Mulberry Street. Scenes of Mulberry Street on New York City's Lower East Side, as seen from the point of view...

    Children
  • 1953
    Under the Brooklyn Bridge

    Under the Brooklyn Bridge

    Under the Brooklyn Bridge

    01953HD

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

    Under the Brooklyn Bridge
  • 1953
    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman

    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman

    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman

    01953HD

    The film's title evokes a mundane slice of life but a kindhearted maid catches a lucky break when her enchanted feather duster makes it so that the...

    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman
  • 1987
    Zipper

    Zipper

    Zipper

    01987HD

    "A diary or collage film, ranging from snow in the Catskills, with stop-overs in Boulder, Colorado and San Francisco, to Easter in New York, flowers...

    Zipper
  • 1940
    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

    01940HD

    Short film by Rudy Burckhardt.

    The Uncle's Return
  • 1991
    Night Fantasies

    Night Fantasies

    Night Fantasies

    01991HD

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

    Night Fantasies