Michael Blackwood Productions Movies
- 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...
- 1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser6.81988HD
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1980
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers01980HD
Made in 1980, this film explores the contemporary dance scene through the work of seven New York-based choreographers. They discuss the nature of...
- 2009
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering02009HD
"Solid States: Concrete in Architecture and Structural Engineering" offers examples and insights into the ever-adapting possibilities of concrete....
- 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...
- 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...
- 1989
Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects
Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects101989HD
Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese...
- 1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush01980HD
When Brooklyn's Kings Theater -- one of five "Wonder Theaters" in the New York area -- closed its doors in 1977, the neighborhood mourned. In a...
- 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...
- 1999
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language01999HD
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory...
- 1988
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years01988HD
Narrated by the architect himself, Frank Gehry: The Formative Years explores his long standing career and unique eye. The film looks at a number of...
- 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...
- 2012
David Chipperfield: Form Matters
David Chipperfield: Form Matters02012HD
When the Tuscan city of Pisa commissioned David Chipperfield to create a master plan that would bring new vitality to this historic spot on the Arno,...
- 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...
- 1976
Yesterday's Witness
Yesterday's Witness01976HD
For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential...
- 2008
Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering
Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering02008HD
Accentuating the effects of space, light and structure, glass has become an architectural staple that encourages transparency and visibility...