Albert Maysles Movies
- 1965
Cut Piece
Cut Piece6.51965HD
Filmed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Cut Piece documents one of Yoko Ono’s most powerful conceptual pieces. Performed by the artist...
- 1966
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream
Salvador Dalí's Fantastic Dream01966HD
Produced by 20th Century Fox, this Maysles Brothers short was intended to help promote the release of Disney's Fantastic Voyage (1966) for which...
- 1962
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...
- 2013
The Secret of Trees
The Secret of Trees52013HD
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...
- 1976
The Burks of Georgia
The Burks of Georgia01976HD
The Maysles profile a poor white Georgian family struggling to survive with the realities of thirteen children.
- 1964
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York01964HD
The American documentary makers - The Maysles Brothers, were given exclusive access to almost every minute of The Beatles first American visit. The...
- 1990
Christo in Paris
Christo in Paris6.31990HD
Documentary about conceptual artist Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude's attempt to "wrap" the Pont-Neuf in Paris.
- 1974
Christo's Valley Curtain
Christo's Valley Curtain6.61974HD
Oscar nominated documentary about the largest man-made curtain in the world as "sculpture".
- 1957
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.
- 2016
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance82016HD
In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance.
- 1963
Showman
Showman61963HD
Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963). Preserved by the Academy...
- 2014
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity5.22014HD
Born to Fly pushes the boundaries between action and art, daring us to join choreographer Elizabeth Streb and her dancers in pursuit of human flight.
- 1955
Psychiatry in Russia
Psychiatry in Russia5.41955HD
In 1955, Albert Maysles traveled by motorcycle throughout Russia. During this trip, he shot what was to become his first film, 'Psychiatry in...
- 1970
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!01970HD
- 2015
In Transit
In Transit62015HD
The Empire Builder is America’s busiest long-distance train route, running from Chicago to Seattle. Throughout these corridors sit runaways,...
- 1969
The Maysles Brothers
The Maysles Brothers51969HD
The Newsweek critic, Jack Kroll, interviews Albert and David Maysles about their new film, Salesman (1968).
- 1980
Muhammad and Larry
Muhammad and Larry01980HD
Through the poetic lens of visionary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles, Muhammad and Larry explores the unique and poignant relationship between...
- 1961
Safari Ya Gari
Safari Ya Gari01961HD
This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performance. Some passengers eagerly join in while others...
- 1993
Horowitz: A Reminiscence
Horowitz: A Reminiscence01993HD
Wanda Horowitz reminisces about her husband, the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz, with clips from his television appearances.
- 1995
Accent on the Offbeat
Accent on the Offbeat01995HD
Accent on the Offbeat is a cinema vérité film about the creation and premiere of the ballet Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements), composed...