Peter Hutton Movies

1971
July '71 in San Francisco, Living at Beach Street, Working at Canyon Cinema, Swimming in the Valley of the Moon
July '71 in San Francisco, Living at Beach Street, Working at Canyon Cinema, Swimming in the Valley of the Moon
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July ’71 is as much a record of the daily experiences of light and shadow as it is a catalogue of domestic life. More involved with...
1974
Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74)
Images of Asian Music (A Diary from Life 1973-74)
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A contemplative, seemingly timeless record of the years Hutton spent in Southeast Asia while working as a merchant seaman. Jon Jost writes, "The film...
2001
Looking at the Sea
Looking at the Sea
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“When I was shooting the material that ended up in "Looking at the Sea", I was standing on these cliffs on the west coast of Ireland, looking...
1986
Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City)
Budapest Portrait (Memories of a City)
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Peter Hutton’s essay on the naturalization of the urban landscape. Voluptuously gray, worn and lived in, the city is like a stage set for an...
1993
Lodz Symphony
Lodz Symphony
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A portrait of Łódź, Poland that exists in a time-warp of sad memory.
2003
Two Rivers
Two Rivers
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Commissioned by the arts organization Minetta Brook, Two Rivers was inspired by Henry Hudson’s failed 1609 quest to discover a trade route...
1970
Riverbody
Riverbody
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A continuous dissolve of 87 male and female nudes. "The film's fascination lies with the suspense of that magic moment, halfway between two persons,...
1981
New York Portrait, Chapter II
New York Portrait, Chapter II
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Chapter Two represents a continuation of daily observations from the environment of Manhattan compiled over a period from 1980-1981. This is the...
2004
Certain Women
Certain Women
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Caldwell's pulp storytelling, proto-feminist stance and unabashed social dramatization of his characters are a distinct vision of the condition of...
2013
Three Landscapes
Three Landscapes
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Shot on 16mm, this wondrous silent film study from avant-garde master Peter Hutton (At Sea) observes human movement across three distinct landscapes:...
2012
The Poor Stockinger, The Luddite Cropper and The Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott
The Poor Stockinger, The Luddite Cropper and The Deluded Followers of Joanna Southcott
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Turner Prize-winner Luke Fowler's film focuses on the life and work of the socialist historian EP Thompson and his involvement with the Workers...
1970
For Horatio Alger
For Horatio Alger
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1970. 16mm; 5 minutes; black and white; sound.
1970
In Marin County
In Marin County
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"IN MARIN COUNTY approaches the subject of America's ecological disaster as a comic yet bizarre vision. The tradition of Old MacDonald's farm has...
1970
Lenin Portrait
Lenin Portrait
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Third part of At Sea, In Berlin, Lenin Portrait (1982) that was screened separately. 1982. 16mm; 15 minutes; black and white; silent.
1970
At Sea, In Berlin, Lenin Portrait
At Sea, In Berlin, Lenin Portrait
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Although this grouping of three works shot during Peter Hutton’s yearlong stay in West Berlin seems to have been screened at least a few times,...
1990
New York Portrait, Chapter III
New York Portrait, Chapter III
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"[Hutton’s] latest urban film, New York Portrait, Chapter III, takes on a unique tone in relation to Hutton’s ongoing exploration of...
1987
Landscape (for Manon)
Landscape (for Manon)
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A languid, beautifully shot collection of landscapes, edited into a whimsical and touching film.