Michael Blackwood Productions Movies
- 1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser7.1051988HD
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...
- 1987
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact01987HD
In his London studio, Francis Bacon discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester. His representations of the human figure in portraits and...
- 1978
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel7.41978HD
Documentary examining the life and career of producer/director Roger Corman. Clips from his films and interviews with actors and crew members who...
- 1990
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis81990HD
"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...
- 2009
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways02009HD
Wrapped Walk Ways, in Jacob Loose Memorial Park, Kansas City, Missouri, consisted of the installation of 136,268 square feet (12,540 square meters)...
- 2009
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial02009HD
This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to...
- 1985
Empire City
Empire City91985HD
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...
- 2004
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney02004HD
For his five Cremaster films Matthew Barney's created a multitude of sculptural forms and structures. Recently both the sculptures and the films...
- 2006
Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches
Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches02006HD
Known for his bold, abstract and stark white buildings, American architect Richard Meier now takes on the challenge of building the Jubilee Church in...
- 1978
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World01978HD
The Masters of Modern Sculpture series concludes with a look at post- World War II America, where sculpture became a deeply innovative art form....
- 1995
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move
Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move01995HD
With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an...
- 1976
Hollywood's Musical Moods
Hollywood's Musical Moods01976HD
In the silent film era, movies were never really silent. In the background of films that made figures like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton into...
- 1986
Richard Meier
Richard Meier01986HD
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...
- 2003
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality
Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality02003HD
In Alvaro Siza: Transforming Reality Portugal's renowned architect reviews his work with architectural historian, Kenneth Frampton. While touring his...
- 2003
Conversations with Philip Guston
Conversations with Philip Guston02003HD
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...
- 1969
Christo: Wrapped Coast
Christo: Wrapped Coast01969HD
In 1969, Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped 2.5 kilometers of coast and cliffs up to 26 metres along the coast of Little Bay, in Southeast Sydney,...
- 2012
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor
The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor02012HD
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...
- 1970
David Hockney's Diaries
David Hockney's Diaries01970HD
Renowned English painter, David Hockney, takes us on a visual journey as he shares with us his treasured photo diaries. Consisting of polaroids...
- 2014
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires
The New Clark: Bringing the Ando Experience to the Berkshires02014HD
"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...
- 2005
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression
Gregory Crewdson: The Aesthetics of Repression22005HD
Crewdson is observed and questioned closely during his work on ten new images in as many different sets.