New York Near Sleep for Saskia (1972, 10MIN)

Using exciting juxtapositions of shade and movement, this silent and surreally poetic film examines subtle changes of light and landscape in New York. NEW YORK NEAR SLEEP exploits the basic potential of film for capturing light refractions. Hutton imposes on this film the aesthetics of still photography and uses as a structural device the duration of perception of the subtle reflection of movements and illuminations.

New York Portrait, Chapter I (1978-1979, 16MIN)

Hutton’s most impressive work … the filmmaker’s style takes on an assertive edge that marks his maturity. The landscape has a majesty that serves to reflect the meditative interiority of the artist independent of any human presence. … New York is framed in the dark nights of a lonely winter.

New York Portrait, Chapter II (1980-1981, 16MIN)

Represents a continuation of daily observations from the environment of Manhattan compiled over a period from 1980-1981. This is the second part of an extended life’s portrait of New York.

New York Portrait, Chapter III (1990, 15MIN)

[Hutton’s] latest urban film, New York Portrait III, takes on a unique tone in relation to Hutton’s ongoing exploration of rural landscape. The very fact that Hutton is dealing with older footage, with archives of memory more than immediacy, gives it a different texture than his earlier New York films, in spite of many continuities with them.