The Painting

Documentaire
    Réalisé par Robert Beavers • Écrit par Robert Beavers
    Suisse, États-Unis • 1999, 1972 • 13 minutes & 20 minutes • 16 mm • Couleur
  • N° ISAN :
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"The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece, The Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus. The painting shows the calm, near-naked saint in a peaceful landscape, a frozen moment before four horses tear his body to pieces while an audience of soigné nobles look on; in the movie’s revised version, Beavers gives it a comparably rarefied psychodramatic jolt, juxtaposing shots of Gregory Markopoulos, bisected by shafts of light, with a torn photo of himself and the recurring image of a shattered windowpane."
(J. Hoberman, The Village Voice)

Filmed in Switzerland (Berne) and USA (Boston).

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