Overview
Documentary about the Swedish modernist painter Otto G. Carlsund.
Director and cast
More films
Helvetica (2007)
Documentary · Not Rated
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which will celebrate its 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and t...
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Director
- Gary Hustwit
- Cast
- Michael Bierut, Neville Brody, David Carson
A Delicate Balance (1973)
Drama · PG
In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing their grief over the death of their son, they get by well enough together. Agnes' boozy sister wanders in and out, and they allow anxiety-stricken friends to move into an upstairs room. But, ...
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Director
- Tony Richardson
- Cast
- Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick
The Unanswered Ives - Wunderkind. Wall-Street-Gigant. Klangpionier (2019)
Documentary · N/A
The Unanswered Ives is the first film about Charles Ives (1874-1954), an American modernist composer, one of the first American composers of international renown. The 60-minute documentary sheds light on Ives' life and work in all its facets and inconsistencies. American singer and composer Frank Zappa included Charles Ives in a list o...
- Runtime
- 53m
- Cast
- John Adams, Frank Arnold, Mark D. Boughton
Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs (2010)
Documentary · History
Southern California’s Coachella Valley, including the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs, boasts hundreds of extraordinary midcentury modern homes, public buildings and commercial structures. Modern designers such as William F. Cody, Albert Frey, William Krisel, John Lautner, Richard Neutra, R.M. Schindler, Do...
- Runtime
- 52m
- Cast
- Albert Frey, Alan Heiss, William Krisel
Usmanbaş: Modernist
Documentary · Music
A portrait of İlhan Usmanbaş, one of the most radical pioneers of contemporary music in Turkey. Through handwritten scores, personal archives, fragmented memories and experimental imagery, the film explores a century-long devotion to musical freedom, modernism and the relentless pursuit of new sounds. An intimate encounter with a compo...
- Runtime
- 40m
- Cast
- İlhan Usmanbaş
Comments
Talk about the film with other members