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Christo's Valley Curtain (1974)

Christo's Valley Curtain (1974)

Documentary
Release Date: 1974, March 10
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Giffard
Countries: United States of America
Cast: Christo, Jeanne-Claude

Overview:

This Oscar-nominated documentary follows Christo and Jeanne-Claude as they conceive and execute Valley Curtain, an immense orange fabric installation stretched across a Colorado mountain pass. Filmed in a direct-cinema style, "Christo’s Valley Curtain" observes the negotiations, engineering challenges, and collective labor that shape the artwork, revealing the process itself as an essential part of the final creation.