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Poster for Islands

Islands

1987 · 58 min

A patient, wry look at bureaucratic wrangling and artistic stubbornness, watching grand visions collide with permits, officials and weather.

Directed by
David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Christo, Jeanne-Claude, Jacques Chirac
Overview
The Maysles' third film about the artists sees them trying to get three projects off the ground: wrapping the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge in Paris; wrapping the Reichstag; and surrounding eleven man-made islands in Florida with pink plastic sheets. As the latter is the only one that gets approval, it gets the bulk of this film.

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Directed by
David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Christo, Jeanne-Claude, Jacques Chirac
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • ambition
  • politics
  • work
  • environment
Places
  • big city
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism10
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Starring
Christo, Jeanne-Claude, Jacques Chirac, Willy Brandt
Runtime
58 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French, German

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