RenÉ Magritte

Synopsis

Follows Magritte’s stylistic development. Includes clips from the early Feuillade silent thriller ‘Fantomas’.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 30 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1979

Availability

out of distribution

Uses

Art history and film studies courses.*

Subjects

Art

Keywords

Magritte, René (1898-1967); paintings - Belgian

Credits

Director

David Wheatley

Producer

David Wheatley

Contributor

Keith Judge

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.