picasso movie

[Zeno]

John,

Thanks for the information. I'll make an effort to try and find these films and watch them.

Ray dropped the ball on this one. [img]/forums/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
Good thing you are around to rebound and put it back up for the slam dunk. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Good Job.

-Zeno

[Ray Zee]

zeno, i had no idea. i was thinking about an art film. i know little of his life just having enjoyed his murels.
go away john, you are ruining my reputation.

[Ray Zee]

john, i made a point to see the picasso museum in paris. that was a treat.

i think that was the only clouzot thing ive seen. i wasnt impressed with anything in the creation, just by picasso.

[wren]

Ray,

I liked "The Mystery of Picasso" as well. He would paint the most amazing things on that screen and then say: "this is garbage!" and scribble it out.

The Picasso Museum in Paris is pretty cool, too.

The most beautiful film I've ever seen is the Japanese classic "Ugetsu." Anyone else know of it?

[John Cole]

Ray,

I knew you were thinking of art films along the lines of Picasso. Your reputation is still intact.

John

[John Cole]

Wren,

Ugetsu made my top ten "artsy" films. I've only seen it in a theater once, but it's very memorable.

John

[Mark Heide]

Zeno,

There is a special edition of Hitchcock's Spellbound available from www.criterionco.com. As John stated it contains the Dali dream sequence. But, what is special about this edition is that its a complete restoration of the film with Miklos Rozsa's score, and the use of the first electronic instrument known as the Theremin. This film was released in 1945. It is one of my favorite Hitchcock films because they decided to use a great artist, monumental classical composer, and an electronic instrument. This is a film that proves Hollywood can be creative and entertaining. You probably will never see a film out of Hollywood that would attempt to include great art and music again. Today, Hollywood has decided to ignore todays great artists and musicians in favor of commercialism, and the management of the studios is now run by accountants.

You can buy this film from www.dvdplanet.com (they have the best discount).

If you are a fan of surrealistic art, you'll love the film Antonio Gaudi. This is a film about his architecture, and after you see how unusual it was, and how it influenced the great surrealist artists of the 20th Century.

Good Luck

Mark

[Timer]

BTW, a few years ago I saw an exhibition of Picasso's early work in Boston;>>

There will be a Picasso exhibition in New York sometime this month I believe. Maybe someone has more details. I'd love to see it.

By the way, check out my friend's web site. He is an artist-poker player and does some fine impressionist and cubism work. (I especially like his "Woman with Dove.")

DavidSmira