Richard Serra Movies

  • 2002
    Cremaster 3

    Cremaster 3

    Cremaster 3

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    CREMASTER 3 (2002) is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner,...

    Cremaster 3
  • 1978
    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World

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    The Masters of Modern Sculpture series concludes with a look at post- World War II America, where sculpture became a deeply innovative art form....

    Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World
  • 1971
    Anxious Automation

    Anxious Automation

    Anxious Automation

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    Soundtrack by Philip Glass

    Anxious Automation
  • 1968
    Hands Scraping

    Hands Scraping

    Hands Scraping

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    In "Hands Scraping" we see two male pairs of hands, those of Serra and Phil Glass, sweeping up steel filings strewn on the wooden floor with their...

    Hands Scraping
  • 2018
    On The Wings of Brancusi

    On The Wings of Brancusi

    On The Wings of Brancusi

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    Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), the most important sculptor of the first half of the 20th century, has been a fascinating and enduring influence on...

    On The Wings of Brancusi
  • 1971
    Veil

    Veil

    Veil

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    Made in collaboration with Joan Jonas.

    Veil
  • 2008
    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

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    Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel...

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel
  • 1974
    Prisoner's Dilemma

    Prisoner's Dilemma

    Prisoner's Dilemma

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    A two-part tape of a video performance done on January 22, 1974, at 112 Greene Street (as part of the Video Performance Exhibition), structured on a...

    Prisoner's Dilemma
  • 2007
    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else

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    The life and work of enigmatic Dutch/Californian conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who in 1975 disappeared under mysterious circumstances at sea in the...

    Here Is Always Somewhere Else
  • 1968
    Hand Catching Lead

    Hand Catching Lead

    Hand Catching Lead

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    Echoing the vertical movement of the film through the projector, pieces of sheet lead fall into the image field. Serra’s hand opens and closes...

    Hand Catching Lead
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

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    Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1975
    Keep Busy

    Keep Busy

    Keep Busy

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    The protagonists’ astounding verbal gymnastics and often incomprehensible interactions tend to descend into nonsense, and with the syncopated...

    Keep Busy
  • 1974
    Boomerang

    Boomerang

    Boomerang

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    Originally broadcast on public television in Amarillo, TX, Richard Serra’s BOOMERANG features Nancy Holt framed in a medium shot with a pair of...

    Boomerang
  • 1971
    Paul Revere

    Paul Revere

    Paul Revere

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    The film is an adaptation from two sources: Kinesics and Context by Ray L. Birdwhistell, and Choreomania, a performance by Joan Jonas

    Paul Revere
  • 1969
    Frame

    Frame

    Frame

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    In Frame (1969), Richard Serra emphasizes the disconnect bewteen the real space of the cinema and the illusory space of the screen. We first see...

    Frame
  • 1971
    Color Aid

    Color Aid

    Color Aid

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    Like the three "Hands" films by Richard Serra (1968), the subject of "Color Aid" are fingers as actors of real time activity. Monochrome colour cards...

    Color Aid
  • 2013
    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp

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    The Making of Amarillo Ramp documents the construction of Robert Smithson's earthwork Amarillo Ramp. At age thirty-five, while photographing the...

    The Making of Amarillo Ramp
  • 1976
    Railroad Turnbridge

    Railroad Turnbridge

    Railroad Turnbridge

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    “…Railroad Turnbridge is about the meeting of machine and machine [camera and bridge] and how they and their movements, sometimes...

    Railroad Turnbridge
  • 1972
    China Girl

    China Girl

    China Girl

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    Made in collaboration with Gerry Schum

    China Girl
  • 1968
    Hands Tied

    Hands Tied

    Hands Tied

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    A subject struggles to break free from a cord restraint

    Hands Tied