DVD Gifts for Artists
Still from Daft Punk’s Around The World music video, directed by Michel Gondry
I like watching movies while I work. Actually, I like putting a DVD into the player, or my computer, and listening to it on headphones while I work. Following is a list of visually and creatively stimulating films I’ve seen in the past few years. Pick one out for the creative person in your life.
Films About Artists
Art: 21 – Art in the 21st Century (Seasons One & Two)
The Run Up
Style Wars
Simon Schama’s Power of Art
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Frida
Chuck Close – A Portrait in Progress
Alice Neel Documentary
Basquiat
Drawing the Line – Portrait of Keith Haring
Sketches of Frank Gehry by Sydney Pollack
How to Draw a Bunny
Andy Goldsworthy – Rivers and Tides (Special Two-Disc Collector’s Edition)
In the Realms of the Unreal – The Mystery of Henry Darger
Scratch
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Touch the Sound – A Sound Journey With Evelyn Glennie
Patti Smith Dream Of Life
Sophie B. Hawkins – The Cream Will Rise
Sunday in the Park with George
Speaking in Strings
Films By Artists
Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers
Director’s Series, Vol. 3 – The Work of Director Michel Gondry
Ryan (Special Edition)
The Collected Shorts of Jan Svankmajer
Alice
Koyaanisqatsi – Life Out of Balance
Powaqqatsi – Life in Transformation
Naqoyqatsi
Just Plain Pretty
The Company
Spirited Away
Howl’s Moving Castle
Michael Palin – Himalaya
The Dark Crystal (Collector’s Edition Boxed Set)
Yellow Submarine
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