Rudy Burckhardt Movies

  • 1964
    Miracle on the BMT

    Miracle on the BMT

    Miracle on the BMT

    01964HD

    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
  • 1999
    Scattered Showers

    Scattered Showers

    Scattered Showers

    01999HD

    Made in the final year of his life, Rudy Burckhardt’s Scattered Showers begins its journey in the city he so scrupulously documented in...

    Scattered Showers
  • 1950
    Mounting Tension

    Mounting Tension

    Mounting Tension

    41950HD

    Larry is a madly energetic, oversexed artist. Jane, a combination of palm reader and psychoanalyst, is trying to straighten him out. John is a...

    Mounting Tension
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1975
    Saroche

    Saroche

    Saroche

    01975HD

    a travelogue of Peru.

    Saroche
  • 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
  • 1975
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    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...

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