Rudy Burckhardt Movies

  • 1980
    Sonatina and Fugue

    Sonatina and Fugue

    Sonatina and Fugue

    01980HD

    Images of city and landscape moving with a romantic piano sonatina by Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), then classic keyboard figures by Johann S. Bach....

    Sonatina and Fugue
  • 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
  • 1958
    Seraphina's Garden

    Seraphina's Garden

    Seraphina's Garden

    01958HD

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

    Seraphina's Garden
  • 1955
    The Aviary (Short Sound Version)

    The Aviary (Short Sound Version)

    The Aviary (Short Sound Version)

    01955HD

    Shorter version with sound

    The Aviary (Short Sound Version)
  • 1999
    On Aesthetics

    On Aesthetics

    On Aesthetics

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    Short film by Swiss-American film-maker and photographer Rudy Burckhardt, featuring a poem by Kenneth Koch.

    On Aesthetics
  • 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
  • 1967
    Square Times

    Square Times

    Square Times

    01967HD

    A Saturday night on 42nd Street, from dusk to dawn: the glamour, the garbage, the hot dogs, the movies, the sex, and the violence in the air.

    Square Times
  • 1943
    Trinidad

    Trinidad

    Trinidad

    01943HD

    Rudy Burckhardt shot plenty of film while he was stationed in Trinidad with the Signal Corps in the early 1940s. This short film compiles some of the...

    Trinidad
  • 1986
    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street

    01986HD

    Here this display of New York textures and cross-sections is juxtaposed with the creation of a dance work, Jig Jag, by choreographer-dancer Douglas...

    Dancers, Buildings and People in the Street
  • 1987
    Zipper

    Zipper

    Zipper

    01987HD

    "A diary or collage film, ranging from snow in the Catskills, with stop-overs in Boulder, Colorado and San Francisco, to Easter in New York, flowers...

    Zipper
  • 1970
    Six Days

    Six Days

    Six Days

    01970HD

    Six Days
  • 1983
    Indelible, Inedible

    Indelible, Inedible

    Indelible, Inedible

    01983HD

    Images to accompany the lines of a poem by John Ashbery. "Rudy Burckhardt's film is a brilliant extension of my poem, perhaps the film I might have...

    Indelible, Inedible
  • 1975
    Default Averted

    Default Averted

    Default Averted

    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...

    Default Averted
  • 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
  • 1967
    The Apple

    The Apple

    The Apple

    01967HD

    Rudy Burckhardt’s breezy stop-motion animation follows after a poem by his New York School compatriot Kenneth Koch.

    The Apple
  • 1974
    Body - Earth

    Body - Earth

    Body - Earth

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    Body - Earth
  • 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
  • 1953
    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman

    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman

    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman

    01953HD

    The film's title evokes a mundane slice of life but a kindhearted maid catches a lucky break when her enchanted feather duster makes it so that the...

    A Day in the Life of a Cleaning Woman
  • 1975
    The Bottle of the Bulge

    The Bottle of the Bulge

    The Bottle of the Bulge

    01975HD

    "A funny and gorgeous little animated story of the war between coke and pepsi – the bottles come alive and form armies. The battle scenes are...

    The Bottle of the Bulge
  • 1978
    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    01978HD

    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