Elmer Bernstein Movies

A Rough Sketch features a linear view of our universe from the human scale to the sea of galaxies, then directly down to the nucleus of a carbon...

A boy enters a pet shop intending to buy a dog with a hip problem. The shop owner tries to convince him not to but the boy has other ideas.

A documentary about men who are courageous enough to risk their lives undertaking challenges, sports-related and not, that are at the limit of human...

Behind the scenes of Todd Haynes' 2002 film Far from Heaven.

A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of making a movie.

The legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt's unconventional life and career are examined in this biopic. At an audition in 1860, the teenage Bernhardt...

Frank Sinatra, the greatest entertainer of the 20th century, is remembered by some of the brightest stars in Hollywood in this television memorial...

A scientific film essay, narrated by Phil Morrison. A set of pictures of two picnickers in a park, with the area of each frame one-tenth the size of...

Allied commandos try to knock out Nazi communications on the French coast.

The short film uses a variety of familiar examples that have the feedback principle in common to present a broad view of the phenomena present in...

The Eames House and Studio is explored via a series of slides.

An interesting look at the world of toy trains, shot from the perspective of the little world itself. Originally created for model train enthusiasts,...

This 1954 feminist version of "Robinson Crusoe" stars Amanda Blake as a woman shipwrecked on a jungle island. Also with George Nader and Rosalind...

The Naked Eye is a 1956 American documentary film about the history of photography directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen. It was nominated for an Academy...

The subject of problem solving begins with an explanation of what the Eameses called “the information machine, “a device for presenting...

Taking the Wheel is a dark comedy about the complicated relationship between an obstinate 90-year-old woman who refuses to give up driving, and her...

Various kinds of tops are shown spinning.

This film reveals design proposals for the IBM pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. It incorporates photography and animation to present the...

Based on an existing slide show the Eames Office had made about the exhibition, A Computer Perspective (produced for IBM in 1971). The film is a...

From hardware to software, the basics of then-current computing technology is explained.