Heinz Emigholz Movies

  • 2023
    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben

    82023HD

    The extraordinary work of the American artist Philip Guston is a milestone in modern painting. Guston is one of the most discussed painters of his...

    Der Maler Philip Guston – Ein amerikanisches Leben
  • 2009
    Saturn Returns

    Saturn Returns

    Saturn Returns

    5.52009HD

    Lucy, a privileged North American in contemporary Berlin, living a life of post Punk hedonism, roams the streets with her best friend, Derek....

    Saturn Returns
  • 2012
    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete

    5.82012HD

    The third autobiography in the series deals with modern architecture. For the grand finale, he covers a broad historical spectrum: Parabeton tells of...

    Parabeton: Pier Luigi Nervi and Roman Concrete
  • 1977
    Der Ort der Handlung

    Der Ort der Handlung

    Der Ort der Handlung

    01977HD

    A German TV movie

    Der Ort der Handlung
  • 1977
    Demon

    Demon

    Demon

    51977HD

    DEMON, subtitled „The Translation of Stéphane Mallarmé´s THE DEMON OF ANALOGY“, includes the Mallarmé text,...

    Demon
  • 2001
    The Basis of Make-Up II

    The Basis of Make-Up II

    The Basis of Make-Up II

    02001HD

    Sixty-nine of Heinz Emigholz's illustrated notebooks from 1983 to 1996, three sketch books from the 80s and 90s, and cinematic studies of his...

    The Basis of Make-Up II
  • 2012
    Perret in France and Algeria

    Perret in France and Algeria

    Perret in France and Algeria

    72012HD

    Lauded artist-filmmaker Heinz Emigholz (Schindler's Houses) offers an exquisite excursus on the work of pioneering French architect Auguste Perret,...

    Perret in France and Algeria
  • 2022
    Mamani in El Alto

    Mamani in El Alto

    Mamani in El Alto

    02022HD

    His buildings are garish, colorful and completely overloaded. Columns and glittering chandeliers everywhere, and way too much of everything. The...

    Mamani in El Alto
  • 1983
    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    01983HD

    A woman on a train.

    Die blaue Distanz
  • 2017
    Dieste [Uruguay]

    Dieste [Uruguay]

    Dieste [Uruguay]

    4.22017HD

    The final part of Heinz Emigholz’s "Streetscapes" series is again a triptych. A prologue examines three buildings from the 1930s designed by...

    Dieste [Uruguay]
  • 1976
    Bartleby

    Bartleby

    Bartleby

    01976HD

    Adaptation of the novel "Bartleby the Scrinener: A story of Wall Street" (1853) by Hermann Melville.

    Bartleby
  • 2023
    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity

    02023HD

    Contemporary cinema’s preeminent chronicler of architecture and its intersection with the ever-present crisis of 20th-century modernity, Heinz...

    Slaughterhouses of Modernity
  • 2011
    A Series of Thoughts

    A Series of Thoughts

    A Series of Thoughts

    02011HD

    A Series of Thoughts consists of four shorts: EL GRECO IN TOLEDO, LEONARDOS TRÄNEN, AN BORD DER USS TICONDEROGA and EIN MUSEUMSBAU IN ESSEN.

    A Series of Thoughts
  • 2005
    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    D’Annunzio’s Cave

    5.22005HD

    Heinz Emigholz, the premiere purveyor of architectural oddities (Sullivan’s Bridges, Goff in the Desert), meticulously documents 15 rooms of...

    D’Annunzio’s Cave
  • 1984
    Committed

    Committed

    Committed

    01984HD

    Stylized, black and white biography of Frances Farmer by author Lynne Tillman and Sheila McLauglin.

    Committed
  • 2009
    Ornament und Verbrechen

    Ornament und Verbrechen

    Ornament und Verbrechen

    02009HD

    A 1908 essay by Adolf Loos is here read by the incomparable Carola Regnier and set to virtual photographs of 18th-century marble inlays at St....

    Ornament und Verbrechen
  • 2005
    The Basis of Make-Up III

    The Basis of Make-Up III

    The Basis of Make-Up III

    02005HD

    The film shows thirty-eight of Heinz Emigholz's notebooks and sketchbooks from 1996 to 2004: cinematic studies of marble inlays on the memorial slabs...

    The Basis of Make-Up III
  • 2021
    Antivilla

    Antivilla

    Antivilla

    02021HD

    The film shows the Antivilla built by Arno Brandlhuber in Potsdam, Krampnitz, between 2010 and 2015. The building has the project number 0131 in the...

    Antivilla
  • 2014
    Two Museums

    Two Museums

    Two Museums

    5.52014HD

    The film juxtaposes/compares two museums: The Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel, which Samuel Bickels (1909-1975) built there in 1948, and The Menil...

    Two Museums
  • 2018
    Two Basilicas

    Two Basilicas

    Two Basilicas

    02018HD

    A confrontation and comparison of two church buildings, which could hardly be more different, but also a dialogue between various concepts of church...

    Two Basilicas