Heinz Emigholz Movies

  • 1988
    The Meadow of Things

    The Meadow of Things

    The Meadow of Things

    51988HD

    Clonetown 1974 to 1979: a terrorist defector named Charon sits on the edge of oblivion and commentates on the imminent putrification of an abducted...

    The Meadow of Things
  • 1987
    She Must Be Seeing Things

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    She Must Be Seeing Things

    5.21987HD

    Agatha is an international lawyer, Jo a filmmaker. The two women are lovers. While Jo is on the road showing her films, Agatha discovers and reads...

    She Must Be Seeing Things
  • 1983
    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    01983HD

    A woman on a train.

    Die blaue Distanz
  • 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
  • 2019
    Years of Construction

    Years of Construction

    Years of Construction

    6.62019HD

    Demolition of the old and building of the new Kunsthalle in Mannheim in the years 2013 to 2018.

    Years of Construction
  • 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
  • 1985
    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    Home Movies 1971-81

    01985HD

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

    Home Movies 1971-81
  • 1984
    Fury Is a Feeling Too

    Fury Is a Feeling Too

    Fury Is a Feeling Too

    01984HD

    Documentary on the city of Berlin and a personal essay on alienation and being an alien in that city. Cyn­thia Beatt raises questions and...

    Fury Is a Feeling Too
  • 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
  • 2017
    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]

    4.82017HD

    Worn-down pavements, broken paving stones. Trees that jut out of the concrete, casting shadows on to crumbling façades. The centre of Tbilisi...

    2 + 2 = 22 [The Alphabet]
  • 1984
    Committed

    Committed

    Committed

    01984HD

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

    Committed
  • 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
  • 2024
    The Suit

    The Suit

    The Suit

    02024HD

    That loquacious cynic known as “Old White Male,” played by John Erdman in Heinz Emigholz’s 2020 film The Lobby, returns in this...

    The Suit
  • 1974
    Arrowplane

    Arrowplane

    Arrowplane

    01974HD

    Arrowplane is the multiplication of a one-directional, horizontal 180-degree-panning shot with itself, applied to three landscapes – mound,...

    Arrowplane
  • 1976
    Wandsbek Gartenstück

    Wandsbek Gartenstück

    Wandsbek Gartenstück

    01976HD

    With Marcia Bronstein and Silke Grossmann. Hamburg, Wandsbek-Gartenstadt, May 1976.

    Wandsbek Gartenstück
  • 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
  • 2020
    The Lobby

    The Lobby

    The Lobby

    02020HD

    A character simply named Old White Male holds court in the lobbies of various apartment buildings in Buenos Aires and expounds with measured disgust...

    The Lobby
  • 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
  • 1976
    Cup Piece

    Cup Piece

    Cup Piece

    01976HD

    Short experimental film from Heinz Emigholz, shot in 1976; sound, no dialogue. Damn fine cup of coffee.

    Cup Piece
  • 1978
    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    71978HD

    Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

    Four Shadows