Michael Nyman Movies
- 1984
Making a Splash
Making a Splash51984HD
Film which explores the relationship of man to water, his mastery of the fear of drowning and accomplishments in swimming.
- 1976
Keep It Up Downstairs
Keep It Up Downstairs3.31976HD
The year is 1904; the setting is Cockshute Towers, one of England's stateliest homes. When the household is threatened with bankruptcy, both the...
- 1978
A Walk Through H
A Walk Through H7.41978HD
An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through "H", aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the...
- 2009
An Organization of Dreams
An Organization of Dreams02009HD
A disillusioned writer follows the intertwining stories of several people, but are they his own inventions or do they really exist?
- 1991
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs71991HD
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
- 1982
The Pledge
The Pledge5.51982HD
Three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany.
- 1983
The Sea in Their Blood
The Sea in Their Blood6.71983HD
A film made for the Central Office of Information concerning Britain's coastline, with music by Michael Nyman.
- 1992
The Michael Nyman Songbook
The Michael Nyman Songbook01992HD
Ute Lemper sings a collection of art songs by Michael Nyman based on texts by Paul Celan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare and Arthur...
- 1986
The Disputation
The Disputation01986HD
In 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah.
- 1993
Desert Passion
Desert Passion41993HD
Two show-business women leave Los Angeles for Las Vegas, but phoney state troopers abduct them in the desert and they are taken to a...
- 1981
Zandra Rhodes
Zandra Rhodes5.51981HD
Commissioned by the COI, Peter Greenaway made a biographical short film about fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.
- 1983
Nelly's Version
Nelly's Version01983HD
People claim to know an amnesiac who finds herself in a hotel with a suitcase full of cash.
- 1976
Goole by Numbers
Goole by Numbers01976HD
A numerical journey through the quaint village of Goole.
- 1989
Hubert Bals Handshake
Hubert Bals Handshake51989HD
Peter Greenaway remembers his first meeting with Rotterdam Film Festival director Hubert Bals.
- 2010
Michael Nyman in Progress
Michael Nyman in Progress1.52010HD
Featuring unprecedented access to Michael Nyman's working life, this film shows one of the great composers of our time in all his diversity and...
- 2012
White Elephant
White Elephant6.62012HD
While working alongside his long-time friend and colleague in building a hospital for the residents of a Buenos Aries shantytown, a troubled priest...
- 2014
War Work: 8 Songs with Film
War Work: 8 Songs with Film7.42014HD
A song cycle combining texts written by World War I poets, most all of whom lost their lives during the war, chansons vieilles from European poets,...
- 2001
Act Without Words I
Act Without Words I5.52001HD
A hot, thirsty man in the desert is tormented when the things he needs drop from the sky only to disappear again or hover out of his reach.
- 2004
Close to Greenaway
Close to Greenaway02004HD
Close to Greenaway takes us behind the scenes of the first part of the trilogy The Tulse Luper's Suitcases in Barcelona and Almeria. In this film,...
- 2010
2 Graves
2 Graves02010HD
A lone man avenges the death of his father.