Albert Maysles Movies

  • 2013
    The Secret of Trees

    The Secret of Trees

    The Secret of Trees

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    13-year-old inventor Aidan has discovered that trees use a mathematical formula to gather sunlight in crowded forests. Now he wonders why we don't...

    The Secret of Trees
  • 2007
    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

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    Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams, Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right, offers a exploration of...

    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
  • 1960
    Yanki No!

    Yanki No!

    Yanki No!

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    After the US forces Cuba out of the OAS, demonstrations erupt in Venezuela. In Cuba Castro addresses a rally of one million people.

    Yanki No!
  • 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
  • 2014
    Iris

    Iris

    Iris

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    IRIS pairs legendary 87-year-old documentarian Albert Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has...

    Iris
  • 1957
    Russian Close-Up

    Russian Close-Up

    Russian Close-Up

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    Albert Maysles' visual diary of the faces and places encountered along a cross country motorscooter ride through the Soviet Union in the late 1950s.

    Russian Close-Up
  • 2007
    Wild Blue Yonder

    Wild Blue Yonder

    Wild Blue Yonder

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    A portrait of the late documentarian David Maysles by his daughter, Celia.

    Wild Blue Yonder
  • 1985
    Ozawa

    Ozawa

    Ozawa

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    This intimate portrait of the legendary conductor Seiji Ozawa focuses on the Japanese master and teacher's career, his advocacy of modern composers...

    Ozawa
  • 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
  • 1964
    The Face on the Cover

    The Face on the Cover

    The Face on the Cover

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    The life of the world’s top model Jean Shrimpton and her svengali photographer David Bailey.

    The Face on the Cover
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1985
    Horowitz: The Last Romantic

    Horowitz: The Last Romantic

    Horowitz: The Last Romantic

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    A stimulating study which features concert footage and interviews with the master pianist. Includes many of his favorite pieces.

    Horowitz: The Last Romantic
  • 2011
    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

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    Colleagues, friends and specialists pay tribute to the filmmaker Mario Ruspoli in a portrait that mixes encounters, archive images and film excerpts....

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales
  • 2006
    The Beales of Grey Gardens

    The Beales of Grey Gardens

    The Beales of Grey Gardens

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    Mother and daughter - Big Edie and Little Edie Beale - live with six cats in a crumbling house in East Hampton. Little Edie, in her 50s, who wears...

    The Beales of Grey Gardens
  • 1976
    The Burks of Georgia

    The Burks of Georgia

    The Burks of Georgia

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    The Maysles profile a poor white Georgian family struggling to survive with the realities of thirteen children.

    The Burks of Georgia
  • 2004
    The Making of the Beatles First U.S. Visit

    The Making of the Beatles First U.S. Visit

    The Making of the Beatles First U.S. Visit

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    A documentary about the making of the film "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit"

    The Making of the Beatles First U.S. Visit
  • 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
  • 2008
    Morris Engel: The Independent

    Morris Engel: The Independent

    Morris Engel: The Independent

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    Short documentary on the life and work of photographer and filmmaker Morris Engel

    Morris Engel: The Independent
  • 2004
    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

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    Filmed with an intimate three camera shoot by Antonio Ferrera, a close friend of John Zorn and a long time cameraman for the documentary masters the...

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999