| Title |
Gauguin : maker of myth / a National Gallery of Art presentation ; a production of the Department of Exhibition Programs, National Gallery of Art, Washington ; produced and directed by Carroll Moore. |
| OCLC |
ocn708362526 |
| ISBN |
9780894683718 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
738329215576 |
| Music number |
MC-1244 Microcinema International |
| Publisher |
[San Francisco, Calif.] : Microcinema International, [2011] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Gauguin, Paul, 1848-1903.
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Painters -- France -- Biography.
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Impressionist artists -- France -- Biography.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Short films.
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| System details note |
DVD; all region, NTSC. |
| Participant or performer note |
Voice of Paul Gaugin, Alfred Molina. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Narrated by Willem Dafoe ; executive producer, Susan M. Arensberg ; editor, John Warnock ; cinematography, Louis Caulfield. |
| Summary |
Paul Gaugin (1848-1903) moved away from impressionism to create a new art driven less by observation than by imagination. His gifts as an artist were matched by his talent for creating myths about places, cultures, and most of all, himself. |
| Contents |
Gauguin's guises -- Gauguin the savage -- Mythic Brittany -- The myth of paradise -- Paradise lost -- Inventing myths -- Exodus. |
| Language note |
In English with optional English SDH subtitles; Closed-captioned in English. |
| General note |
Made possible by the HRH Foundation. |
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Special features: "Breton Idyll" folk music featurette; "Gallery of art works" Gauguin works from the film set to music. |
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Originally produced in 2011; produced by the Naional Gallery of Art, Washington on the occasion of the exhibition Gauguin: maker of myth. |
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