Works of Calder
Works of Calder

Works of Calder

0.0

0 hr 20 min

1950-12-31

0

The film begins with a sun materializing out of the emptiness of space. In the first of three sequences we see various images from nature against music: the sky, trees, leaves, a bird, water, sand, a beach. A little boy wanders along the beach observing the natural world around him. He walks and presently comes to a house and peers inside. The second sequence has no music. The narrator speaks of sculptor Alexander Calder and his work, as we see Calder in his workshop, cutting and creating unusual shapes, and seeing the resultant artworks. The last sequence has music as we view images of Calder's work. However, now they are intercut with images from nature so that we understand that Calder's inspiration is the natural world around him. The film ends as it began, with an image of the sun, now fading into the sky.

Documentary

Trailers

Characters

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Himself

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Narrator

Similar Movies

Jesus Christ Saviour

2008-05-15

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

1997-04-09

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405

2016-10-14

Gerhard Richter

2003-02-03

Portrait: Gerald Squires of Newfoundland

1980-01-01

Turner at Tate

2006-07-22

Black Is the Color: African-American Artists and Segregation

2016-07-07

Back To Africa

2008-04-01

Pivetta

2021-10-18

Zelensky

2025-05-13

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

2008-02-14

Marcello Mastroianni, irrésistiblement libre

2024-04-25

Eclectic Shorts by Eric Leiser

2006-05-30

Serial Killer Culture

2014-02-04

Billy Connolly: Portrait of a Lifetime

2017-06-14

Thierry Le Luron, l'humour de ma vie

2016-11-14

Janine F.

2005-02-01

Steph Jane - A Portrait Story

2019-09-22

Edward Hopper

2007-01-01

The Triptych

2015-02-09