Jan 30, 2012 a bigger splash starts with a caption which says june 1973, geneva. Camera film i dokumentaren a bigger splash kommer kunstneren david hockneys venner som vi kender dem fra ikoniske tegninger og malerier til live i deres hjem. Then comes a scene, apparently in a hotel room, where david hockney is flirting with a young man called joe. A bigger splash 1973 stream and watch online moviefone. A bigger splash 1973 is a documentary, biography movie starring david hockney and peter schlesinger. A bigger splash 1973 video detective movie trailers. Ostensibly a bigger splash is about artist david hockneys breakup with his partner, peter schlesinger, over a three year period. Straddling the boundary between documentary and fiction, a bigger splash tells the story of hockneys breakup with schlesinger and its effect on hockney, his work, and his close circle of friends. The film was nominated for an academy award for best original screenplay. An unusual, largely improvised hybrid of narrative and nonfiction, jack hazans 1973 film a bigger splash is a completely unique, intimate and innovative portrait of englishborn, often californiabased visual artist david hockney and his work. Filmed over a period of three and a half years, jack hazans 1973 film is a cinema verite portrait of british artist david hockney and his circle of friends. Watch a bigger splash online vimeo on demand on vimeo.
An artist, he suddenly finds himself unable to create anything, and is awash in depression and loneliness. How 1970s hockney film preempted reality tv bbc news. This 1974 film stars the british painter david hockney as himself. A fictionalised biopic on painter david hockneys life between 1970 and 1973.
A bigger splash official trailer starring tilda swinton, ralph fiennes and dakota johnson duration. Filmmaker jack hazan, camera rolling, follows hockney from london to new york to l. Eventually, hockney begins a new painting, using a swimming pool as a canvas, in which he draws a picture of a. Dec 29, 2019 the film offers a snapshot of hockneys career as well as an unfiltered and often steamy look at gay life in the early 1970s. High resolution british movie poster image for a bigger splash 1973. It was painted in california between april and june 1967, when. Swinton plays a famous rock star vacationing with her lover, but their lives are soon disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old flame fiennes and his seductive daughter dakota johnson, creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and. A bigger splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by luca guadagnino and written by alain page and david kajganich. The most authoritative collection of original movie posters from classic hollywood to contemporary arthouse. It begins in 1973 and flashes back to 1971, then gradually bringing the story forward. Swinton plays a famous rock star vacationing with her lover, but their lives are soon disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old flame fiennes and his seductive daughter dakota johnson, creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and ultimately danger.
From 19711973, jack hazan gained intimate access to david hockney and his circ. The image measures 2217 2979 pixels and is 1468 kilobytes large. The film offers a snapshot of hockneys career as well as an unfiltered and often steamy look at gay life in the early 1970s. Its a film shot over three years in the early 1970s by a film maker credited as cowriter, director and director of.
After a difficult breakup, hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends. Diretto da jack hazan, e curato da david mingay, ha musica di patrick gowers. A fictionalised biopic about the end of david hockneys relationship with peter schlesinger which was named after hockneys popart painting a bigger splash. One of the strangest, most original and visually provocative films, a bigger. A bigger splash is a 1974 biopic about david hockneys lingering breakup with his then partner peter schlesinger, during the period 1970 to 1973. A bigger splash 2015 film a bigger splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by luca guadagnino and written by alain page and david kajganich. In short, a bigger splash seemingly yearns to be more than it is and in presenting this facade of a laidback european beach film where theres nothing to do but create your own drama guadagninos. Hazan creates an improvisatory narrativenonfiction hybrid featuring hockney, a wary participant, as well as his circle of friends, capturing the agonized end of the lingering affair. With david hockney, peter schlesinger, celia birtwell, henry geldzahler.
Released 1973, a bigger splash stars david hockney, peter schlesinger, ossie clark, celia birtwell the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. This quasidocumentary follows the artist, as well as his circle of friends, and captures the agonized end of the lingering affair between him and his muse, an american named peter schlesinger. A true oddity that cannot escape its dated origins, a bigger splash is a fictional film in which all the actors play themselves. David hockney is well on his way to art world superstardom. A bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical. A bigger splash is a large pop art painting by british artist david hockney. David hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up with a boyfriend, leading his friends and his art dealer to worry about him. Actrices et acteurs a bigger splash 1973 a bigger splash, casting du film. As a biopic on david hockney, it feels equally honest and fantastical.
It claims to be a documentary, but does not provide the viewer any usable information about its subject. Splash is a 1984 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by ron howard, written by lowell ganz and babaloo mandel, and starring tom hanks, daryl hannah, john candy and eugene levy. Directed by jack hazan, and edited by david mingay, it has music by patrick gowers. I was too young to get into a cinema to see it when released in the mid 70s, but i read everything about it i could and remember standing agape at a huge poster advertising a bigger splash in a london tube station. Henry geldzahler sidder pa sin sofa og taler forretning, celia birtwell arbejder i sin stue, patrick proctor ryger en cigaret.
A bigger splash e 2 entita correlate entities finder. An intimate and innovative film about englishborn, often californiabased artist david hockney and his work, honoring its subject through creative risktaking. Thats useful to bear in mind while watching a bigger splash, a 1973 film directed by jack hazan focusing on several years in the life of the. Set in 1970 1973 when his fame was reaching its peak, a bigger splash is a partdocumentary, partfantasy portrait of hockney as he navigates a particularly bitter breakup with his longtime lover and also painter of some renown peter schlesinger. This unusual and sometimes unsettling film is a kind of staged documentary that could not have been made without the cooperation of people who were going though. Laut cine canal wurde dieser film im jahre 1973 freigegeben. The music featured on the soundtrack seems lifted from a 50s horror film.
A bigger splash, 1973 posteritati movie poster gallery. Jack hazans quasidocumentary a bigger splash is an unfocused examination about the creative life of david hockney and supposedly about the effect of his past relationship with his pupil peter schlesinger an artist, sculptor, and photographer who hockney not only enjoyed as a lover but as a disciple. A bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical period following his breakup of his relationship with. Aug 16, 2019 an intimate and innovative film about englishborn, often californiabased artist david hockney and his work, honoring its subject through creative risktaking. A second collaboration for tilda swinton, here playing bowieesque rock star marianne lane with herusual aplomb, and italian filmmaker luca guadagnino. A bigger splash 1973 trailers and clips when david hockneys beautiful lover, peter schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves david a complete emotional wreck. Mongkol major mongkol cinema recommended for you 1. It was shot by jack hazan over three of hockneys most creatively successful years, and the result is, in the words of filmmaker martin schwartz, a document of glamor, love, sex, and creativity in early1970s london and new york. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archive quality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection. This film meant a good deal to me long before i even saw it. Full frontal male nudity in mainstream film was unheard of in 1973, which im guessing is the reason this film has a reputation of being something special in the art world. Jack hazans film offers an insightful portrait of david hockney and friends in the 1970s, writes. One of the strangest, most original and visually provocative films, a bigger splash is a captivating, shimmeringly beautiful film l. A bigger splash 1973 letterboxd social film discovery.
Groundbreaking in its honest portrayal of gay life, the film notably centers itself around the. Ralph fiennes, tilda swinton, dakota johnson and matthias schoenaerts make it a starspangled vehicle indeed. The film stars tilda swinton, matthias schoenaerts, ralph fiennes and dakota johnson. It competed for the golden lion at the 72nd venice international film festival. Jan 27, 2018 a bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical period following his breakup of his relationship with. Hazen creates an improvisatory narrativenonfiction hybrid featuring hockney, a wary pa. David hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up. Federico fellinis 1973 amacord, a colorful memory play that was part of what that guy in annie hall would call fellinis indulgent phase, is a film that seems wiser, funnier, more raucous and improper year after year. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Movies a bigger splash 1973 an intimate and innovative film about englishborn, often californiabased artist david hockney and his work that honors its subject through creative risktaking. Items similar to a bigger splash 1973 poster view more.
David hockney, peter schlesinger, celia birtwell, mo mcdermott, henry geldzahler, kasmin, ossie clark et betty freeman. A bigger splash is a 1973 sometimes cited as 1974 british biographical documentary film about david hockneys lingering breakup with his then partner peter schlesinger, from 1970 to 1973. The restoration by the cineteca di bologna looked gorgeous on a properly huge screen in the festivals. A bigger splash 1973 not rated 1h 46min documentary, biography, drama 10 april 1975 netherlands semifictionalized documentary biopic of british artist david hockney. Semifictionalized documentary biopic of british artist david hockney. Jun 21, 2019 thats useful to bear in mind while watching a bigger splash, a 1973 film directed by jack hazan focusing on several years in the life of the british painter david hockney. A bigger splash 1973 changes the movie database tmdb. Thats useful to bear in mind while watching a bigger splash, a 1973 film directed by jack hazan focusing on several years in the life of the british painter david hockney. A bigger splash is a 1973 sometimes cited as 1974 british biographical documentary film about david hockneys lingering breakup with his then partner peter. A bigger splash 1973 when david hockneys beautiful lover, peter schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves david a complete emotional wreck.
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