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Matisse

Name: Matisse
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1951-09-10
Duration: 8 min
Rating: 5

★ 5,0 /10 (2 Votes)

1951 FR 8 min

Overview

Between 1950 and 1955, Henri Langlois tried to produce, on behalf of the Cinémathèque française, several films devoted to great artists, with their cooperation, by entrusting them with virgin film stock. Wrote Langlois on the unfinished project, epic in scope: "We had the idea of asking poets, painters, scholars, writers and even repressed filmmakers [...] to make films in 16mm, with the means at hand, without taking into account any commercial concern or censorship." What precious little came of the project was eight minutes of film from Matisse and twenty-some from Marc Chagall, released at a later date.

Release date

10/09/1951

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