Ira Sachs Movies

  • 1970
    Monty Clift

    Monty Clift

    Monty Clift

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    During production of A Place in the Sun, Montgomery Clift meets the woman who will become his closest confidant and best friend, Elizabeth Taylor.

    Monty Clift
  • 2019
    Before I Forget

    Before I Forget

    Before I Forget

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    In this short film Ira decided to pay tribute to another one of Strand’s filmmakers, Jacques Nolot. His film is a meditation on not only the...

    Before I Forget
  • 2002
    Underground Zero

    Underground Zero

    Underground Zero

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    A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.

    Underground Zero
  • 2012
    In Search of Avery Willard

    In Search of Avery Willard

    In Search of Avery Willard

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    In Search of Avery Willard iIlluminates the life and work of the groundbreaking, and mostly forgotten, artist Avery Willard — photographer,...

    In Search of Avery Willard
  • 2020
    Film About a Father Who

    Film About a Father Who

    Film About a Father Who

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    From 1984 to 2019, Lynne Sachs shot film of her father, a bon vivant and pioneering businessman. This documentary is her attempt to understand the...

    Film About a Father Who
  • 2002
    Get It While You Can

    Get It While You Can

    Get It While You Can

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    A portrait of the filmmaker's father, an American businessman on a quest for money and women in modern Moscow.

    Get It While You Can
  • 2011
    Woman's Picture

    Woman's Picture

    Woman's Picture

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    Woman's Picture is an anthology film inspired by classic women's films of the thirties, forties, and fifties. The story is divided into three...

    Woman's Picture
  • 2000
    10/26/00

    10/26/00

    10/26/00

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    This short video uses surveillance-type images of men standing on an anonymous street corner as the conceptual foreground for an examination of the...

    10/26/00