| Title: |
EIGHTEEN SIXTY-SEVEN |
| Alternate Title: |
1867; EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIAN, THE |
| Original Title: |
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| Series Title: |
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| Edition Version: |
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| Data: |
14 min. col. 35mm; 16mm; video |
| Year: |
1990 |
| Country of Prod'n: |
United States; Great Britain |
| Language: |
French and German with English subtitles |
| Producing Agency: |
Program for Art on Film, a joint venture of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The J. Paul Getty Trust; Antelope Films in association with Channel Four Television |
| Sources: |
Program for Art on Film; Films Incorporated Video |
| Int'l Sources: |
Antelope Films (GB) |
| Director: |
Ken McMullen |
| Producer: |
Clive Syddall; Olivia Stewart |
| Executive Producer: |
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| Writer: |
Ken McMullen; Michael Wilson |
| Camera: |
Elso Roque |
| Editor: |
Peter Carlton |
| Narrator: |
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| Animator: |
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| Music Composer: |
Simon Heyworth; Gustav Mahler |
| Art Consultant: |
Michael Wilson |
| Researcher: |
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| Addl Credits: |
Co-Prod.: Sarah Stacey; Designer: Olivia Stewart; Costume Designer: Monica Howe; Add'l Music: Tony Hinnigan; Add'l Music: Michael Taylor |
| Cast: |
Felipe Ferrer (Maximilian ); Andre Gomes (General Miramon); Zazy (General Mejia) |
| Synopsis: |
French painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) painted a series of four canvases depicting the execution of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico in 1867. In this dramatic short, film director Ken McMullen recreates the artist's studio and the events of Maximilian's death, using a single uninterrupted shot to trace the artistic process through the eye of the painter. With voice-over narration to counterpoint the images, the film explores the narrative, historical, and visual texts that Manet drew upon to form his final version. A film by director Ken McMullen and art historian Michael Wilson. |
| Genre Film: |
Visual Essay |
| Aud./Grade Level: |
General |
| Suggested Uses: |
General Information |
| Subject Headings: |
Painting -- Impressionist -- Europe -- France -- 19C
Creativity -- Europe -- France -- 19C
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| Assoc Concepts: |
Art and history; Execution |
| Artist's Name: |
Manet, Edouard (1832-1883), French painter |
| Artist on Camera: |
No |
| Reviews: |
New York Times, 13 Nov 91 |
| Awards: |
Intl. Film & TV Festival of New York Gold Medal, 1991 |
| Evaluation: |
Most exciting. Its smooth, single-shot tableau-vivant is definitely a very original approach--dramatizing the story behind the work as a way of heightening its meaning. Explores the highly-charged drama inherent in the art. The idea of showing through words and images how an artistic concept develops, could be applied to other artists' works. Brings together context, history, sociology, iconography, and influences. This "imagined" reality can be more effective than traditional documentary. Some evaluators would have liked to see all four of Manet's versions together for proper perspective; others wanted more formal analysis. But most agreed the concept was effective and very well executed--a most cinematic treatment. Technical quality very good to superior. Content and programming potential both very good. |
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