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Synopsis
From "wrapping" the Berlin Reichstag, to transforming South Seas islands into massive pink water lilies, to hanging drapes between the Colorado mountains, Christo qualifies as one of the most dynamic, innovative and ambitious conceptual artists in modern history. Documentarians Albert and David Maysles have a long-running professional association with Christo (having co-directed such pictures as Christo's Valley Curtain and Christo's Islands); now, with their film The Gates, Albert Maysles and co-director Antonio Ferrara cover Christo and wife Jeanne-Claude's 26-year project to create a "golden river" of 7,500 fabric-paneled "gates" running through Central Park in February 2005. The endeavor began in 1979, but didn't overcome the necessary bureaucratic hurtles for 26 years, and only received a final go-ahead with a green light from New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. The film reveals how Christo and Jean-Claude's $21 million project transforms the environment from one of winter bleakness to one of brisk, vibrant and springlike colors. Though David Maysles (brother of Albert) did die in 1987, he received posthumous credit on this film for a sequence that the siblings co-directed in 1979. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

Rebecca Losick Associate Producer
Albert Maysles Cinematographer
Antonio Ferrera Cinematographer
Peter Hutton Cinematographer
Albert Maysles Director
Antonio Ferrera Director
David Maysles Director
Matthew Prinzing Director
Antonio Ferrera Editor
Matthew Prinzing Editor
Christo Executive Producer
Hans Robert Eisenhauer Executive Producer
Jeanne-Claude Executive Producer
Sheila Nevins Executive Producer
Antonio Ferrera Producer
Maureen A. Ryan Producer
Vladimir Yavachev Producer
Paul Furedi Sound/Sound Designer
Lisa Heller Supervising Producer
Year: 2007
Runtime: 98
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Documentary

Genre
Visual Arts

Produced by
Arte
CVJ
HBO Documentary Films
Maysles Films

Release
by Alive Mind

Awards
2007 - Film Presented - Tribeca Film Festival
2007 - Film Presented - Silverdocs Film Festival
2008 - Film Presented - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival