Albert Maysles Movies

  • 2008
    The Gates

    The Gates

    The Gates

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    A documentary on New York City’s biggest public art project ever, an installation called “The Gates” by Christo and Jeanne Claude.

    The Gates
  • 1997
    Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center

    Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center

    Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center

    81997HD

    This acclaimed documentary traces the building of the Getty Center—one of the most ambitious cultural undertakings of the twentieth century....

    Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center
  • 1966
    Meet Marlon Brando

    Meet Marlon Brando

    Meet Marlon Brando

    71966HD

    Filmed during a studio-organized press junket, "Meet Marlon Brando" observes Marlon Brando as he fields a succession of television interviews meant...

    Meet Marlon Brando
  • 1976
    The Burks of Georgia

    The Burks of Georgia

    The Burks of Georgia

    01976HD

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

    The Burks of Georgia
  • 2001
    LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

    LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

    LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton

    6.52001HD

    This heartbreaking documentary depicts the extreme poverty of an African-American family and their Mississippi Delta school district. LaLee's Kin...

    LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
  • 1977
    Running Fence

    Running Fence

    Running Fence

    6.61977HD

    Second in the series by the Maysles brothers documenting the monuments/sculptures of Christo, whose art projects are landscape-scaled, and more "pop"...

    Running Fence
  • 1990
    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen

    71990HD

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen is a gripping vérité study of the famous dramatic soprano’s approach to mastering Bizet’s...

    Jessye Norman Sings Carmen
  • 1996
    Letting Go: A Hospice Journey

    Letting Go: A Hospice Journey

    Letting Go: A Hospice Journey

    71996HD

    Our medical system is geared toward healing patients. But what if there's no cure available? This moving, intimate documentary uses three cases to...

    Letting Go: A Hospice Journey
  • 1965
    Cut Piece

    Cut Piece

    Cut Piece

    6.51965HD

    Filmed at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Cut Piece documents one of Yoko Ono’s most powerful conceptual pieces. Performed by the artist...

    Cut Piece
  • 1964
    Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

    Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

    Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York

    01964HD

    The American documentary makers - The Maysles Brothers, were given exclusive access to almost every minute of The Beatles first American visit. The...

    Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Beatles in New York
  • 1995
    Accent on the Offbeat

    Accent on the Offbeat

    Accent on the Offbeat

    01995HD

    Accent on the Offbeat is a cinema vérité film about the creation and premiere of the ballet Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements), composed...

    Accent on the Offbeat
  • 2007
    Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!!

    Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!!

    Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!!

    02007HD

    Canadian singer Rufus Wainwright performs live on August 27, 2007 at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in support of his studio album,...

    Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!!
  • 1966
    Orson Welles in Spain

    Orson Welles in Spain

    Orson Welles in Spain

    51966HD

    Orson Welles presents a proposed film project to prospective investors in Spain. Speaking to an audience of wealthy arts patrons, Welles outlines his...

    Orson Welles in Spain
  • 1994
    Umbrellas

    Umbrellas

    Umbrellas

    81994HD

    A documentary about artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 1991 grand-scale environmental art project in Japan and California.

    Umbrellas
  • 1970
    Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1992

    Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1992

    Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1992

    01970HD

    Sports Illustrated's 1992 Swimsuit Video

    Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit 1992
  • 2004
    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

    Masada: Live at Tonic 1999

    82004HD

    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
  • 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

    02004HD

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

    The Making of the Beatles First U.S. Visit
  • 1964
    The Face on the Cover

    The Face on the Cover

    The Face on the Cover

    01964HD

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

    The Face on the Cover
  • 2011
    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

    Mario Ruspoli, Prince of the Whales

    02011HD

    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
  • 1992
    Abortion: Desperate Choices

    Abortion: Desperate Choices

    Abortion: Desperate Choices

    5.31992HD

    An intensely personal exploration of an explosive issue -- abortion in America. Wrenching first-person narratives from seven decades of women, each...

    Abortion: Desperate Choices