Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Brakhage (1999)
- Dir. Jim Shedden
- Conventional, though enlightening portrait of experimental film maverick Stan Brakhage, whose work consistently pushed the boundaries of the medium…
Frank Lloyd Wright (1999)- Dir. Ken Burns
- Epic biography of America's most esteemed architect (notably of the Guggenheim Museum and the 'Prairie'–style ranch–house), whose…
Getting to Our Place (1999)- Dir. Gaylene Preston, Anna Cotrell
- The creation of NZ’s national museum, Te Papa, was an exciting, self–conscious and fraught journey in defining the nation’s identity, this…
Original Schtick / Schtick Happens (1999-2002)- Dir. Maciek Wszelaki
- A stranger–than–fiction documentary following American visual artist and egotistical maniac Robert (Bob) Fischer on a bizarre tour of…
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)- Dir. St. Clair Bourne
- Documentary exploring the life and career of Paul Robeson, the singer, actor and political activist whose distinctive bass baritone is heard on some…
Source, The (1999)
- Dir. Chuck Workman
Feat. Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper - Superb chronicle of the ‘Beat’ movement and the work of its founding fathers – Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs – and their…
Mouth Wide Open (1998)- Dir. Jonathan Dennis
- A portrait of pioneering NZ camera person and inventor Ted Coubray, who was one of the first people in Australasia to use a sound camera. Offers a…
Peter Beard: Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond (1998)- Dir. Guillaume Bonn, Jean-Claude Luyat
Feat. Charlotte Rampling - Expansive documentary presenting the life and career of one of the world's greatest adventure photographers and painters. Covers the major…
Turandot Project, The (1998)- Dir. Allan Miller
Feat. Zhang Yimou, Zubin Mehta - The glorious insanity of Italian opera defeats all obstacles in this amusing behind–the–scenes account of a gigantic international…
Velvet Dreams (1998)- Dir. Sima Urale
- Director Sima Urale presents this short documentary investigating the world of 'velvet paintings' by traversing the Pacific to talk to artists and…
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