Christo's Valley Curtain (1974)
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.
Directors: David Maysles, Ellen Giffard, Albert Maysles.
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Christo as Himself |
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Jeanne-Claude as Herself |
| Directing | David Maysles | Director |
| Directing | Ellen Giffard | Director |
| Directing | Albert Maysles | Director |