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Christo's Valley Curtain

1974 · 26 min · Documentary

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.

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IncludedCriterion Channel

Creators

Ellen Giffard — Director · Albert Maysles — Director · David Maysles — Director

Top cast

Christo portraitChristoHimselfJeanne-Claude portraitJeanne-ClaudeHerself

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