Christo in Paris


58m 1990

Brief Synopsis

In the fall of 1985, the reknowned artist Christo covers Paris' Pont-Neuf with 440,000 square feet of woven polymide fabric.

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1990
Production Company
Duart Film And Video; National Endowment For The Arts; New York State Council On The Arts; Sound One

Technical Specs

Duration
58m

Synopsis

In the fall of 1985, the reknowned artist Christo covers Paris' Pont-Neuf with 440,000 square feet of woven polymide fabric.

Crew

Karen Abaray

Special Thanks

Maryse Alberti

Translator

Nell Archer

Associate Producer

Joe Berlinger

Publicity

Wendy Blackstone

Original Music

Kent Blocher

Special Thanks

Kevin Bradley

Special Thanks

Laurent Cantet

Additional Camera

Simon Chaput

Special Thanks

Kahane Corn

Special Thanks

Lee Dichter

Sound Rerecording

Deborah Dickson

Editor

Marcel Dumont

Assistant Camera

Francoise Dumoulin

Sound Editor

Susan Froemke

Producer

Valery Gaillard

Associate Producer

Bernard Gigiul

Translator

Philip Glass

Music

Doug Graves

Special Thanks

Steve Gruen

Special Thanks

Andrew Hammond

Special Thanks

Ron Hershey

Sound Editor

Sakae Ishikawa

Assistant Editor

Sakae Ishikawa-o'cionna

Assistant Editor

Grace Jones

Song Performer ("La Vie En Rose")

Mike Karas

Special Thanks

John Kraus

Lighting Director (Paris Installation)

Dominique Lancelot

Production Manager

Dominique Lancelot

Production Manager

Christophe Lanzenberg

Additional Camera

Don Lenzer

Additional Cinematography

Steve Lockney

Special Thanks

Albert Maysles

Cinematographer

David Maysles

Cinematographer

Noelle Penraat

Special Thanks

Bruce Perlman

Additional Cinematography

Edith Piaf

Song Performer ("La Vie En Rose")

Pascal Privat

Translator

Susan Resnick

Translator

Bob Richman

Additional Camera

Benjiman Ritter

Special Thanks

Karola Ritter

Assistant Camera

Alan Rose

Translator

Catherine Rubin

Translator

Bruce Sinofsky

Special Thanks

E James Smith

Special Thanks

Lynn Sullivan

Assistant Editor

Karen Thorsen

Special Thanks

Elizabeth Van Hook

Translator

Wolfganz Voltz

Stills

Christine Wachter

Translator

Michael Wilson

Special Thanks

Film Details

Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
1990
Production Company
Duart Film And Video; National Endowment For The Arts; New York State Council On The Arts; Sound One

Technical Specs

Duration
58m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1990

Released in United States 1991

Released in United States April 1991

Released in United States January 1991

Released in United States June 1991

Released in United States September 1991

Shown at Orlando International Film Festival April 26 - May 5, 1991.

Shown at Pesaro International Festival of New Cinema June 11-19, 1991.

Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 5-14, 1991.

Shown at Troia International Film Festival May 28 - June 6, 1991.

Received the Award for Excellence in Cinematography at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival.

Released in United States 1990

Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 5-14, 1991.)

Released in United States June 1991 (Shown at Pesaro International Festival of New Cinema June 11-19, 1991.)

Released in United States April 1991 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (U.S.A. Independent Cinema - Documentaries) April 11-25, 1991.)

Released in United States January 1991 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival Park City, Utah January 17-27, 1991.)

Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Troia International Film Festival May 28 - June 6, 1991.)

Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Orlando International Film Festival April 26 - May 5, 1991.)