Cinema
Rubens
Synopsis
The film methodically studies the life of Rubens, the development of his painting, his influence and the abundance of his output. The camera moves across the canvases, animated diagrams bring out the lines of their composition, and the screen splits to bring paintings together, those of the master among themselves or set against the Flemish primitives who preceded him. Commentary and music accompany this art criticism carried out in images and in movement.
Context
It was Henri Storck who called on the art historian for this medium-length film, the latter's first film, for which they wrote the screenplay together. Haesaerts puts into practice here what he called a “cinéma-critique”: the camera, which sees better than the eye, must make the works understood and replace written discourse with the succession of images, adopting the style of the painter it shows, baroque with Rubens. Storck handled the editing, and the music is by Raymond Chevreuille.
Who it is for
A documentary medium-length film of about an hour depending on the prints, with commentary and music.
Prizes and reception
The first film by an art critic turned filmmaker, and one of the milestones of the art film, a genre that both its authors went on to serve.
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