| Description |
1 online resource (51 minutes) |
| Series |
Academic Video Online |
| Summary |
You had better look twice! In the works of Monsieur René Magritte, an absurd assembly of everyday objects appear on the canvas. The leading figure of the Belgian surrealists has a brilliant way of showing the viewer the phenomena of art, reality, perception and language. The artist's subversive humour is thereby omnipresent, as in the silent movies that he produced with his friends. The filmmaker Adrian Maben penetrates Magritte's fantastic picture-puzzle world. He does this by merging pictures, childhood memories, objects from Magritte's apartment in Brussels, old film clips and interviews to create a portrait of a unique artist and human being |
| Notes |
Title from title screen (viewed January 04, 2022) |
| Credits |
Music, Bela Bartok, Roger Waters ; photographers, Marcel Combes, Jacques Puccio |
| Performer |
Commentaries: Adrian Maben |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Magritte, René, 1898-1967.
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Magritte, René, 1898-1967 |
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Painters -- Belgium -- Biography
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Surrealist artists -- Belgium -- Biography
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Surrealism.
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Surrealist.
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Painters
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Surrealism
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Surrealist artists
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Belgium
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documentary film.
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Biographical films
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Biographies
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Documentaires.
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Films biographiques.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Maben, Adrian, director, commentator, filmmaker
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Société nationale de télévision en couleur "Antenne 2", production company.
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Reiner Moritz Productions, production company.
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk, production company.
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Monarda Arts (Firm), film distributor.
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