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LEO HURWITZ
THOUGHTS ON THE MAKING OF
DISCOVERY IN A PAINTING
A film by Leo Hurwitz &Manfred Kirchheimer

February 5, 2018 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

This Piece Is Written By Manfred Kirchheimer Featured in Photo Below Manfred Kirchheimer’s thoughts on the Making of Discovery in a Painting with Leo Hurwitz: In 1968 Leo Hurwitz and Manfred Kirchheimer filmed an early version of Cezanne’s Still Life with Apples, to be called Journey into a Painting at the Museum of Modern Art …

LEO HURWITZ
DISCOVERY IN A PAINTING 1969
Seeing & Imagining

February 5, 2018 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

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

January 29, 2018 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

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 1966
THE SUN & RICHARD LIPPOLD
Unifier & Transformer

December 18, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

The Sun and Richard Lippold (Watch Film) begins with Leo Hurwitz, reminiscing. “In the studio of Richard Lippold, where being a musician as well as a sculptor, he played Bach and Pachelbel for me, where we talked for many hours, an idea came to me which is now this film.” This film, of course, is …

LEO HURWITZ
ESSAY ON DEATH
IN MEMORY OF JFK 1964

December 11, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

“A very dangerous and uncertain world, the President said on that last day” Leo Hurwitz’s Essay On Death (Watch Film) speaks to death’s randomness. Of course, JFK’s murder wasn’t random, but the fact that death can come out of nowhere at any time means we live constantly with the fragility of life. At the same …

LEO HURWITZ’S
THE YOUNG FIGHTER
How the Film Inspired
The Rise of Cinéma Vérité

November 20, 2017 by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen

This Piece on The Young Fighter Written By Manfred Kirchheimer. Edits By Tom Hurwitz The first tape recorders were stolen from the Nazis. Enter John T. Mullin and Bing Crosby. Just after the Allies’ victory in Europe, Mullin was investigating a rumored secret German radio-wave ray for the US Army. He came up dry on …