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de Kooning on de Kooning (Strokes of Genius series) Email This Page
Filmmaker: Charlotte Zwerin for Cort Productions
VHS - $ 95.00
Price listed includes Public Performance License.
Willem de Kooning is regarded as the most illustrious abstract expressionist painter of the New York School. This award-winning film offers probing interviews with de Kooning himself as he recalls his early struggles, remembers his camaraderie with key figures in the Greenwich Village avant-garde of the 1940?s, and offers glimpses into his inspirations and motivations. Rare historical film footage enlivens de Kooning?s words, showing him slashing paint onto canvas and masterfully creating large-scale drawings. This landmark document delivers a dynamic portrait of one of America?s most acclaimed artists.

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Running time: , Year released: 1982
Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y
Avail. formats: 16mm,VHS
ISBN: 1-55974-188-0
Language: English, Subtitled?: N
For classroom?: Y, Study Guide?: N
Grade level: 7th and up

Other Credits:

Hosted by Dustin Hoffman
Writer and Director: Charlotte Zwerin
Producer: Courtney Sale Ross
Coproducer: Karen Lindsay
Directory of Photography: Francis Kenny
Editor: Carol Hayward
Associate Producer: Ellen Weissbrod
Music: Maurice Wright
Made possible by grants from Atlantic Richfield Company and Manoogian Foundation. A Cort Production.
Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival; CINE Golden Eagle
This title can also be found in: American Film Festival Award Winners, Art & Artists (Visual), Artists, Musicians & Performers, Biographies, CINE Golden Eagle Award Winner, Fine Art, Painting and Painters, U.S.A.
 

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