5 Films About Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Aroview: The complete set of filmic documentations by the Maysles brothers (and various other directors) on the French concept-sculptors Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude, who collaborate on captivating public artworks. Chiefly renowned for poetic juxtapositions of nature and surreal manmade spectacle, as well as 'wrapping up' monuments such as the Pont Neuf in Paris in coloured fabric, this series of 5 films portrays the full range of the artists' preoccupations.

CHRISTO'S VALLEY CURTAIN (1974) - 28 min.
An Oscar-nominated account of efforts to suspend an orange curtain across a Colorado valley.

RUNNING FENCE (1978) - 58 min.
The artists here attempt to construct an 18-ft high, 24-mile long fabric fence across northern California.

ISLANDS (1986) - 57 min.
In one of their more epic concepts, the Christos' aim to surround eleven Florida islands with pink fabric.

CHRISTO IN PARIS (1990) - 58 min.
A depiction of the 'wrapping' of the Pont Neuf, and the Christos' marriage.

UMBRELLAS (1995) - 81 min.
A dual artwork, involving the construction of thousands of large-scale umbrellas in California and Japan, designed to open simultaneously.

NZ International Film Festival 1991 Christo in Paris

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