monuments
12 movies and shows
The Real Thing
Tue, 01 May 2018
A smaller scale Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées can be found just outside Shanghai; a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome can be found in Yamoussoukro, in the Ivory Coast: a journey over three continents to see the architecture of imitation, the uncanny world of the fake.
Le Weekend
Sat, 24 Mar 2007
A young, cynical French film student comes to London for the weekend to make a film project for his course. Disillusioned by his London experience, he's befriended by a stranger who shows him a side of the city, and himself, that he never would have seen. The story unfolds through his Super 8 film footage, and his voice-over narration gives us an insight into his thoughts and feelings throughout the journey.
Signé Furax
Wed, 01 Apr 1981
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
Anulloje Ligjin
Sat, 25 Nov 2023
A documentary that investigates the complexity of a nation, Albania, through the narration of the convoluted history of its monuments. What happens to the statues when they are destroyed, what are they replaced with and where do their marble shreds end up? What happens to their expensive bronze? And again: what do the sculptors who made these statues think of these destructions, what is their opinion. And today? Which statues are being destroyed in Albania today?
THE ABSOLUTE NIXONVERSE
Sun, 01 Oct 2023
In an alternate universe, three super-humans are treated so harshly by humanity, they each go mad in their own way.
Under the Protection of the State
Tue, 01 Apr 1975
The film was shot in an old, decrepit building where dozens of guest-workers' families live. The owner, a local influential politician, has avoided paying for the maintenance of the building under the legal standards by using his connections to proclaim the building a national cultural heritage. However, the rent he has been charging was as if the building were an object that offered standard comfort. The only German tenant takes the crew around and speaks of his battle against the landlord’s manipulation.
Léthé
Sat, 14 Mar 2020
On the island of Amorgos, during summer. Small monuments were erected at the scene of a fatal accident: a photograph, a few words, flowers, religious or pagan objects. The deceased "stayed there": dead in transit, on a road, frozen forever.
Calder
Sat, 01 Jan 1966
The 1966 construction of Alexander Calder's 'La Grande Voile' (The Big Sail), a monumental sculpture installed in McDermott Court at MIT in Cambridge.
16 Acres
Sun, 23 Sep 2012
The dramatic inside story of the monumental collision of interests at Ground Zero in the decade after 9/11.
Disgraced Monuments
Mon, 06 Jun 1994
Filmmakers Laura Mulvey and Mark Lewis use rare archival footage and interviews with artists, art historians, and museum directors to examine the fate of Soviet-era monuments during successive political regimes, from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of communism. Mulvey and Lewis highlight both the social relevance of these relics and the cyclical nature of history. Broadcast on Channel Four as part of the 'Global Image' series (1992-1994).
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Tue, 20 Aug 2002
The Romans saw the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as the crowning achievements of their predecessors. Through stunning on-location and re-created visuals, learn how and why they were built and how they dazzled the ancients.
Voices from the South
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A listening journey into South Africa's stories and memories of the past, challenges of the present and dream of the future.