Rudy Burckhardt Movies

  • 1953
    Eastside Summer

    Eastside Summer

    Eastside Summer

    01953HD

    Rudy Burckhardt's color portrait of Manhattan's East Side strolls along at an easy pace befitting blue skies and Thelonious Monk's piano score. Where...

    Eastside Summer
  • 1975
    Saroche

    Saroche

    Saroche

    01975HD

    a travelogue of Peru.

    Saroche
  • 1983
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01983HD

    Untitled 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...

    Untitled
  • 1943
    Trinidad

    Trinidad

    Trinidad

    01943HD

    Rudy Burckhardt shot plenty of film while he was stationed in Trinidad with the Signal Corps in the early 1940s. This short film compiles some of the...

    Trinidad
  • 1986
    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    01986HD

    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
  • 2003
    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

    Rudy Burckhardt: Man in the Woods

    02003HD

    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
  • 1958
    Seraphina's Garden

    Seraphina's Garden

    Seraphina's Garden

    01958HD

    Joseph Cornell film with input from Rudolph Burckhardt. Also the title to one of Cornell's collages.

    Seraphina's Garden
  • 1992
    Wayward Glimpses

    Wayward Glimpses

    Wayward Glimpses

    01992HD

    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
  • 1962
    Shoot the Moon

    Shoot the Moon

    Shoot the Moon

    01962HD

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

    Shoot the Moon
  • 1974
    Landscape Bodydwelling

    Landscape Bodydwelling

    Landscape Bodydwelling

    01974HD

    Burckhardt collaborates with artist Simonds to produce a portrait of the artist as a foundation.

    Landscape Bodydwelling
  • 1970
    Six Days

    Six Days

    Six Days

    01970HD

    Six Days
  • 1985
    The Nude Pond

    The Nude Pond

    The Nude Pond

    01985HD

    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
  • 1980
    Sonatina and Fugue

    Sonatina and Fugue

    Sonatina and Fugue

    01980HD

    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
  • 1978
    Alex Katz Painting

    Alex Katz Painting

    Alex Katz Painting

    01978HD

    In this film we see Katz drawing and painting. We see his paint table (he drinks Medaglia d'Oro and eats Skippy peanut butter in the country), his...

    Alex Katz Painting
  • 1977
    Good Evening Everybody

    Good Evening Everybody

    Good Evening Everybody

    01977HD

    "Good Evening Everybody" does not construct a world, but projects a personality. Burckhardt's camera observes life in a way characteristic of someone...

    Good Evening Everybody
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1954
    The Automotive Story

    The Automotive Story

    The Automotive Story

    01954HD

    a quiet, humorous mockumentary on cars, with Freilicher narrating Kenneth Koch’s text and Frank O’Hara as the pianist.

    The Automotive Story
  • 1940
    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

    01940HD

    Short film by Rudy Burckhardt.

    The Uncle's Return