Mudflat
“One man's trash is another man's treasure”
1980•27m•Released
Documentary
Years ago, artists would walk around the muck at the edge of the San Francisco Bay in Emeryville, and build loads of sculptures out there on the flats, created from driftwood and found objects that drivers would enjoy as they motored south on the old Highway 17 (known in numerous radio ads as 'Highway 17, The Nimitz'). Grabbing material off someone else’s work was considered fair game and part of the fun, and contributed a kinetic dynamic to the ongoing display. Now the place is a park, and the sculptures are gone, but you can see what it used to be like in this neat and funny documentary by Ric Reynolds, augmented by Erich Seibert’s wonderful musique-concrète/time-lapse sequences. The flashback circus sequence includes Scott Beach and Bill Irwin. Sculptors interviewed include Walt Zucker, Tony Puccio, Robert Sommer, Ron & Mary Bradden, and Bob Kaminsky.
Director
Richard A. Reynolds
Languages
English
Cast
Scott Beach
Bill Irwin
Walt Zucker
Himself
Tony Puccio
Himself
Robert Sommer
Himself
Ron Bradden
Himself
Mary Bradden
Herself
Bob Kaminsky
Himself
Recommended
7
Dogtown and Z-Boys
2002
7.5
Crumb
1995
7
LA Originals
2020
7.7
The Last Waltz
1978
7.5
Style Wars
1984
6.8
Echo in the Canyon
2019
7.3
Rivers and Tides
2001
7.5
Woodstock
1970
7.7
B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
2015
7.1
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
2004
7.6
The Up in Smoke Tour
2000
7.3
The Sparks Brothers
2021
6.3
Sympathy for the Devil
1968
7.7
Valley Uprising
2014
6.6
Tongues Untied
1990
7.2
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
2020
7.9
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
2012
7.5
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018
7.6
Riding Giants
2004
7.2
Elvis on Tour
1972
Similar Movies
6.8
Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers
2025
David Hockney: The Art of Seeing
2012
6
Uma Nova Onda de Liberdade: A História do Madame Satã
2015
5.7
Tracing Light
2025
9
Maria's Story
1991
The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life
2024
5.9
Frank Serpico
2017
Philippe-Alain Michaud, le réel traversé par la fiction
2016
The Real Beauty and the Beast
2013
7.2
Ashes and Snow
2005
7
Goya
1950
Empire of the Nude: The Victorian Nude
2001
Punk Rock Lottery
2025
In the Theatre of the Gogs
2021
Carlos Cruz-Diez, en el camino del color
1971
Bone Wind Fire
2011
7
The Police Tapes
1977
Rafael França: obra como testamento
2001
Housing a Dream
2025
8
Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay
2015