Rudy Burckhardt Movies

  • 1974
    Dwellings Winter

    Dwellings Winter

    Dwellings Winter

    01974HD

    Since 1970 Simonds has created Dwelling places for an imaginary civilization of “Little People” who are migrating through the streets of...

    Dwellings Winter
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1978
    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

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    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
  • 1972
    Slipperella

    Slipperella

    Slipperella

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    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
  • 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
  • 1966
    Daisy

    Daisy

    Daisy

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    "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
  • 1956
    What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street

    What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street

    What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street

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    Short film with sound by Rudy Burckhardt, assembled from the footage shot by Joseph Cornell for his own silent "Mulberry Street."

    What Mozart Saw on Mulberry Street
  • 1974
    Body - Earth

    Body - Earth

    Body - Earth

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    Body - Earth
  • 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
  • 1969
    Tarzam

    Tarzam

    Tarzam

    01969HD

    "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
  • 1981
    Cerveza Bud

    Cerveza Bud

    Cerveza Bud

    01981HD

    "This filmic slice of life coalesces into an ethnographic view of a possible future: the city as a constantly bubbling, delirious playground where...

    Cerveza Bud
  • 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
  • 1940
    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

    The Uncle's Return

    01940HD

    Short film by Rudy Burckhardt.

    The Uncle's Return
  • 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
  • 1972
    Doldrums

    Doldrums

    Doldrums

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    "The New Jersey Turnpike and downtown New York in rain and shine. Trailer trucks, overpasses and industrial wastes become natural wonders. The stream...

    Doldrums
  • 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
  • 1989
    Ostensibly

    Ostensibly

    Ostensibly

    01989HD

    A collage film featuring dual narrations of Ashbery’s eponymous poem of the same name, with both Ashbery and Burckhardt appearing in in front...

    Ostensibly
  • 1958
    Seraphina's Garden

    Seraphina's Garden

    Seraphina's Garden

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

    Seraphina's Garden
  • 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