Robert Gardner Movies

  • 1951
    Dances of the Kwakiutl

    Dances of the Kwakiutl

    Dances of the Kwakiutl

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    Dances of the Kwakiutl is composed of fragments filmed in 1950 in Fort Rupert, British Columbia. They were made during a performance by those still...

    Dances of the Kwakiutl
  • 1972
    Reality's Invisible

    Reality's Invisible

    Reality's Invisible

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    Fulton made the film during his brief time at Harvard, where he had been invited to teach by Robert Gardner, his friend and collaborator (Fulton...

    Reality's Invisible
  • 2000
    Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer)

    Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer)

    Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer)

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    "Good to Pull" is a 10 minute film by Robert Gardner, produced by the Film Study Center at Harvard University. Watch Michael Mazur’s...

    Good to Pull (Bon a Tirer)
  • 1985
    Sons of Shiva

    Sons of Shiva

    Sons of Shiva

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    Sons of Shiva is a sustained attempt to film a four-day ceremony concerned with the worship of Shiva. Devotees of the God Shiva are shown from the...

    Sons of Shiva
  • 1998
    Sean Scully: Passenger

    Sean Scully: Passenger

    Sean Scully: Passenger

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    In Passenger, Robert Gardner made what he calls “an observation in four movements.” The intent of the piece is to impart an experience of...

    Sean Scully: Passenger
  • 1973
    Mark Tobey Abroad

    Mark Tobey Abroad

    Mark Tobey Abroad

    01973HD

    Robert Gardner visits the great American painter Mark Tobey in Basel, Switzerland, where he lived for the last years of his life. With remarkable...

    Mark Tobey Abroad
  • 1966
    The Great Sail

    The Great Sail

    The Great Sail

    01966HD

    Alexander Calder's La Grande Voile was erected on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in 1966 with the artist directing the work. As the...

    The Great Sail
  • 1993
    Dancing with Miklos

    Dancing with Miklos

    Dancing with Miklos

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    "When Michael Fitzgerald and I decided to help Mikos Jansco make The Blue Danube Waltz neither of us even considered the possibility of not watching...

    Dancing with Miklos
  • 2010
    Still Journey On

    Still Journey On

    Still Journey On

    02010HD

    An unfinished examination of life by Robert Gardner

    Still Journey On
  • 1997
    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad

    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad

    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad

    01997HD

    Robert Fulton asked me to join him to do aerial photography in the Southern Chilean Andes. We rigged microphones to record what we were saying to...

    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad
  • 1958
    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document

    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document

    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document

    01958HD

    The only film except for helping John Marshall with The Hunters that I did when I went to the Kalahari in 1957. I became entranced by an old lady...

    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document