{"id":45,"date":"2009-05-17T19:59:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T23:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2009-05-17T19:59:26","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T23:59:26","slug":"calder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.florentinefilms.com\/sherman\/films\/calder\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Calder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alexander
\nAn American Masters special\u2014a co-production of American Masters and Florentine Films\/Sherman Pictures LLC, Alexander Calder<\/em> is the first definitive portrait of the inventor of the mobile.\u00a0 The one-hour PBS program shows Calder at work in his studio, and features never-before-seen archival films and photographs. It includes contemporary shooting of dozens of works, seen as Calder meant them to be viewed, in dynamic motion. Interviewees include: Arthur Miller, Ellsworth Kelly, I.M. Pei, Brendan Gill, Marla Prather, David Ross, Calder’s daughters and grandson, Sandy Rower, and others.<\/p>\n

The film received rave reviews, including Pick-of-the-Week status in People<\/em> and an A in Entertainment Weekly<\/em>. Sherman made an appearance on Charlie Rose,<\/em> during which Rose called the film “an extraordinary American masterpiece.” Legendary agent Robby Lantz said it was “a masterful movie portrait,” and Susan Lacy, executive producer of American Masters, described it simply as “the best artist portrait I’ve ever seen.”<\/p>\n


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Emmy Award, Outstanding Series, as part of American Masters<\/em><\/p>\n

George Foster Peabody Award<\/em><\/p>\n

CINE Golden Eagle<\/em><\/p>\n

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival<\/em><\/p>\n

World Premiere at the Whitney Museum of American Art<\/em><\/p>\n

Screened at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum<\/em><\/p>\n

Running time: 60 minutes. Format: 16mm film.<\/p>\n

Watch the Charlie Rose interview with Director Roger Sherman:
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