Heinz Emigholz Movies

  • 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
  • 2001
    Miscellanea I

    Miscellanea I

    Miscellanea I

    02001HD

    Studies on 35mm b/w film from 1988 to 1997.

    Miscellanea I
  • 2007
    Schindlers Häuser

    Schindlers Häuser

    Schindlers Häuser

    72007HD

    Both a beguiling meditation on the aesthetic of a city and a loving tribute to a great architect, Heinz Emigholz's documentary examines urban Los...

    Schindlers Häuser
  • 1977
    Demon

    Demon

    Demon

    51977HD

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

    Demon
  • 2005
    Miscellanea III

    Miscellanea III

    Miscellanea III

    02005HD

    A meditation on ruins and remains linked strongly to the US chapters of Photography and Beyond. A rumination on a nation and dream in tatters. A...

    Miscellanea III
  • 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
  • 1974
    Arrowplane

    Arrowplane

    Arrowplane

    61974HD

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

    Arrowplane
  • 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
  • 2025
    Ecce Mole

    Ecce Mole

    Ecce Mole

    02025HD

    The latest entry in Heinz Emigholz’s (Slaughterhouses of Modernity, NYFF60) incisive, decades-long inquiry into the cinematic representation of...

    Ecce Mole
  • 2001
    Miscellanea II

    Miscellanea II

    Miscellanea II

    8.52001HD

    Studies on 35 mm color film from 1988 to 1997.

    Miscellanea II
  • 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
  • 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
    Schuhstück

    Schuhstück

    Schuhstück

    01976HD

    Short film by Heinz Emigholz shot in 1976; b/w, sound, no dialogue

    Schuhstück
  • 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
  • 1989
    Virgin Machine

    Virgin Machine

    Virgin Machine

    4.71989HD

    A German woman travels to San Francisco to find her mother, but winds up distracted by the sexually flamboyant culture of the city.

    Virgin Machine
  • 2003
    Goff in the Desert

    Goff in the Desert

    Goff in the Desert

    62003HD

    In this creative documentary, filmmaker Heinz Emigholz presents a series of filmed photographs of the work of the exceptionally inventive American...

    Goff in the Desert
  • 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
  • 2009
    Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

    Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

    Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler

    02009HD

    The film explores two projects by Austrian artist and visionary Frederick Kiesler (1890–1965): the model for ENDLESS HOUSE (1959) that is...

    Two Projects by Friedrich Kiesler
  • 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
  • 1983
    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    Die blaue Distanz

    101983HD

    A woman on a train.

    Die blaue Distanz