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VAN COGR
France , 1948. Directed by Gesecn Dichl,
Robert Hessens and Ala:m Re:sl\ai$.The
life of Van Gogh shown lhroultb his
paintinp , wilb onpba.sls upon tlie de-
\"dopment of his emotional virual concepncns
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WALTER SICKERT
Britain, 1954. Produced by Lbc 8.B.C.
TeleVision service. in usociation wilh
the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Directed by John Read. Pbotoarapbed
by Ed",ud Uoyd. CommenlalY spoken
by Robert Reid. By the use of numerous
documenu , photographs and
pamllngs , the film traces w auer Sickert',
life and arranges his work in four
groups, representing the f OUT towns in
which he painted most . They are Venice
Dieppe. London and Bath; often
naet locations where Sid:ert painted are
mown a.s as references to the rooms
and houses in "'-hid! he lived.
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WF.sT WIND
Canada, 1947. Produced by the Na tional
Film Board of Canada . A film about
the Canadian artist Tom Tho mpson.
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A EXPERIM ENT IN C1JBlS\t
(L'E!iperi_ de:!
Ita ly, 1949. Prod uced by Oeo. TapareUi
Directed by Cteuco Pellegrini.
attemjx to inte r!»"et some of the under .
lying principles and methods or cubism
10 the uninitinted spectat or .
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A GE OMETRY lESSON
(Un Lniooe de G ftMDdria )
llaly . 1949. Prod uced brCarlo Ponti .
Directed by Virgilio sabe . A fuscinating
essayon the relationship between mat hematics
and art,
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A NE WW Y OF G RA VU Rt.:
U.SA. Distributed by A.P. Films.
duccd a!Jdpholographed by less hlC)' .
The rn 'lval of the art of engnv inB and
its llIied lCChniaUC5is largely due to
Slanley WiJliam Hayter, who founded a
schoo l of enrraving, known as
11. in Paris in 1927. Thi s film which was
made in close collaborution with the
artist. sho'NSthe creation of one of his
enBraving5. Angels Wrestlin, . from the
first sketch on ptlper to the finll proof.
The artist snab the commentary and
tbe film euabfes the spectato r ID see, as
TECHNIQUE AND THEORY
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TIlE WORK OF AXEL rETERSSO N
(DOdo nl E EARm WAS wrruour
FO R.M A ND vom
b rad, 1959. A film by Aline and Yoram
Gton. An abstract persona l film by two
of brad's lead ing expe rimental film
makers dealing with the initial creation
of life on earth. Ellcit ing abstrac t imagery
symbo lises the beti nning of life upon
earth. The Shapes and movement are
both IrtistiC and Ibstmct, the latter
aspect being enhanced by the bokl
Hebrew leucn of the Old Testlmen1
used to introduce the uposition .
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AN lMATED GE NESIS
Britai n, 1952, Made by Joan and Peter
Foldes. Music by Thomas Henderson.
An animated hislory of mankind Irem
the beginninl oC :singlcx:ell lile to the
potenti.alities of atomic powe r.
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AlTIU MN SPECl'R UM
Holland. 1958. Made by Hy Hirsh. The
maker has given the following description
of his film : "A film-