Characters on the Couch
Film & Television Blog
by Dr. Sandra Cohen
LEO HURWITZ
DISCOVERY IN A PAINTING 1969
Seeing & Imagining
Leo Hurwitz’s 29-minute film, Discovery in a Painting (Watch Film), is a beautiful sampling of his personal passion for seeing. Filmed at MoMA in New York City, this film is one of the various ways Leo explores the importance of seeing with open eyes. For Leo, seeing doesn’t just involve seeing what is there. More…
LEO HURWITZ
THE ART OF SEEING 1968-1970
THIS ISLAND
Seeing With Our Hearts
This Island, a Leo Hurwitz film (Watch Film)- directed and edited by Leo with co-editor Peggy Lawson and cameraman Manfred Kirchheimer – is a film about a museum: The Detroit Institute of Art. But, This Island isn’t just about a museum. It’s about discovering the meaning in art. And, that requires looking deeply and openly…
LEO HURWITZ
THE ART OF SEEING 1968 – 1970
DISCOVERY IN A LANDSCAPE
“I Will Look With Your Eyes
You Will See With Mine”
Seeing isn’t a simple thing. It often takes another person’s eyes to help us understand something in a new way. This is how Leo Hurwitz uses his eyes and camera in his The Art of Seeing series with its three films, Light And The City, Discovery In A Landscape, and This Island. In these films,…
