Five Films About Christo and Jeanne Claude

Alternative title

5 Films About Christo and Jeanne Claude

Synopsis

A three-DVD set of five digitally remastered films, chronicling a 30-year collaboration between documentary filmmakers Albert Maysles and his late brother David and the renowned environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Maysles Brothers have captured the artists’ enduring relationship and the grandeur of their large scale temporary public works. The filmmakers are present throughout from planning, approval, execution and display of these temporary artworks.

The set includes new interviews in which Christo and Jeanne-Claude discuss their friendship, the films, and their ongoing collaboration as well as the upcoming Gates Project for New York City’s Central Park; audio commentary on all five films by Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Albert Maysles; an 82-page booklet with an introduction by Albert Maysles, an essay by film critic Charles Taylor and a detailed history of the projects with exclusive photos, technical details, film stills and credits.

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2005

Year of production

1973-1994

Subjects

Art

Keywords

public art; Christo and Jean-Claude

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£35.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

201 minutes

Year

2013

Sections

Title

Christo’s Valley Curtain

Synopsis

Made in 1974, this film was the first collaboration between the Maysles Brothers and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. It celebrates the dramatic hanging of a huge orange curtain between two Colorado mountains and the powerful effect it has on a community.

Duration

28 mins

Title

Running Fence

Synopsis

A record of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s efforts to build a 24 1/2-mile-long, 18-foot-high fence of white fabric across the hills of northern California. The artists’ struggle with local ranchers, environmentalists and state bureaucrats ends when the fence is unfurled, reuniting the community in a celebration of beauty. 1978.

Duration

58 mins

Title

Islands

Synopsis

A film that further explores the artists’ fusion of culture, environment and politics. Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s fight for permission to surround eleven islands in Miami’s Biscayne Bay with 6.5 million square feet of bright pink fabric, interwoven with their struggle to wrap the Pont-Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin. 1986.

Duration

57 mins

Title

Christo in Paris

Synopsis

CHRISTO IN PARIS explores Christo’s escape from Bulgaria, his early years as a struggling artist, his romance with Jeanne-Claude and the fulfillment of a ten-year obsession: the wrapping of the Pont-Neuf in Paris. 1990.

Duration

58 mins

Title

Umbrellas

Synopsis

East and West are brought together through the medium of art: 1,340 blue umbrellas are opened in a rice-farming valley in the Japanese province of Ibaraki, and 1,760 yellow umbrellas across a cluster of cattle ranches in the rolling hills of southern California. 1995.

Duration

81 mins

Distributor

Name

Plexi

Email

info@plexi.co.uk

Web

http://plexi.co.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 8324 2400

Address

22-25 Redchurch Street
London
E2 7DJ

Notes

Plexi is an independent DVD label and distributor specialising in arts and music-related documentaries.

 

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