Albert Maysles Movies

  • 1987
    Islands

    Islands

    Islands

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    The Maysles' third film about the artists sees them trying to get three projects off the ground: wrapping the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris;...

    Islands
  • 1969
    The Maysles Brothers

    The Maysles Brothers

    The Maysles Brothers

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    The Newsweek critic, Jack Kroll, interviews Albert and David Maysles about their new film, Salesman (1968).

    The Maysles Brothers
  • 2011
    The Love We Make

    The Love We Make

    The Love We Make

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    "The Love We Make", a film directed by Albert Maysles ("Gimme Shelter") and Bradley Kaplan, follows Paul McCartney as he journeys through the streets...

    The Love We Make
  • 1993
    Horowitz: A Reminiscence

    Horowitz: A Reminiscence

    Horowitz: A Reminiscence

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    Wanda Horowitz reminisces about her husband, the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz, with clips from his television appearances.

    Horowitz: A Reminiscence
  • 1990
    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

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    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen is a gripping vérité study of the famous dramatic soprano’s approach to mastering Bizet’s...

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
  • 2007
    Addiction

    Addiction

    Addiction

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    Assembled by some of the nation's top documentary filmmakers, this centerpiece film in HBO's 'Addiction' campaign features insights from experts on...

    Addiction
  • 2008
    The Gates

    The Gates

    The Gates

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    A documentary on New York City’s biggest public art project ever, an installation called “The Gates” by Christo and Jeanne Claude.

    The Gates
  • 1963
    Showman

    Showman

    Showman

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    Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963). Preserved by the Academy...

    Showman
  • 1962
    Anastasia

    Anastasia

    Anastasia

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    The life of Anastasia Stevens, an American dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet, at the height of the Cold War. An early work by the Maysles brothers for the...

    Anastasia
  • 1977
    Running Fence

    Running Fence

    Running Fence

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    Second in the series by the Maysles brothers documenting the monuments/sculptures of Christo, whose art projects are landscape-scaled, and more "pop"...

    Running Fence
  • 1960
    Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

    Integration Report 1

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    Integration Report 1, Madeline Anderson's trailblazing debut, was the first known documentary by an African American female director. With tenacity,...

    Integration Report 1
  • 2002
    Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances

    Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances

    Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances

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    Additional musical performances from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in California, shot for the film Monterey Pop (1968) and released on the...

    Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances
  • 1991
    Soldiers of Music

    Soldiers of Music

    Soldiers of Music

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    Documentary showing the return to his native Russia of Mstislav Rostropovitch, includes extensive performance footage and coverage of political and...

    Soldiers of Music
  • 1974
    Christo's Valley Curtain

    Christo's Valley Curtain

    Christo's Valley Curtain

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    Oscar nominated documentary about the largest man-made curtain in the world as "sculpture".

    Christo's Valley Curtain
  • 1966
    Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream

    Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream

    Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream

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    Produced by 20th Century Fox, this Maysles Brothers short was intended to help promote the release of Disney's Fantastic Voyage (1966) for which...

    Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
  • 1990
    Christo in Paris

    Christo in Paris

    Christo in Paris

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    Documentary about conceptual artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude's attempt to "wrap" the Pont-Neuf in Paris.

    Christo in Paris
  • 1992
    Abortion: Desperate Choices

    Abortion: Desperate Choices

    Abortion: Desperate Choices

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    An intensely personal exploration of an explosive issue -- abortion in America. Wrenching first-person narratives from seven decades of women, each...

    Abortion: Desperate Choices
  • 2016
    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance

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    In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.

    Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
  • 1961
    Safari Ya Gari

    Safari Ya Gari

    Safari Ya Gari

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    This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performance. Some passengers eagerly join in while others...

    Safari Ya Gari
  • 1964
    IBM: A Self Portrait

    IBM: A Self Portrait

    IBM: A Self Portrait

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    Told in the Maysles’ intimatible style, IBM: A SELF PORTRAIT captures the future corporate juggernaut at an early stage of their development....

    IBM: A Self Portrait