Customer Review: This is not a great film, but at only 90 minutes it does serve as both a digestible and intelligible introduction to the work of James Joyce. There is not much action or cinematographic inspiration--instead what you have is almost a filmed reading of highlights from the book performed by a good... more info
Customer Review: This is not a great film, but at only 90 minutes it does serve as both a digestible and intelligible introduction to the work of James Joyce. There is not much action or cinematographic inspiration--instead what you have is almost a filmed reading of highlights from the book performed by a good... more info
Customer Review: PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST This series tells as well as shows. These television documentaries are more than museum tours on film. They constantly interweave the artists' works with their lives. They show us human beings, their careers, their personal relationships, their sources of inspiration, and... more info
Customer Review: This is a sensitive delving into the works, and mind, of Joan Miro. He is captured by the camera exactly as one can imagine. He looks and sounds like the creative genius he is. He looks and sounds like a classic Catalan or Frenchman, like my father, grandfather, and great-grandfather: He speaks from... more info
Customer Review: Brought to you by the BBC what you get is a 50 minute look at the enigmatic painter, good interviewing job by Melvyn Bragg, view some of Bacon's paintings, and go along with Bragg and Bacon to the messy studio and his favorite hangouts. They say he could be very dark, his moods shifting... more info