Sunday, March 10, 2013
ART IS IN THE EYE OF THE MODEL AND THE ARTIST
Today's film was the first half of Jacques Rivette's
Cannes Grand Prize winner.
A great artist who has been blocked for a long time meets a woman and asks her to be a model.
The film is basically about painting his long desired masterpiece La Belle Noiseuse (the beautiful nut or woman who is nuts).
We get to see the entire process of this painting. Sketch by sketch, stroke by stroke. The relationship between artist and model becomes a central part of the action. There is also a story wound around the process.
The film is four hours long and is quite fascinating to watch unfold. Both the concept and execution of the painting and the relationship between the people involved.
Part Two tomorrow.
Labels: films
