Turner

Synopsis

In three parts: 1) contrasts a storm at sea with the peacefulness of the English countryside; 2) visions of the great cities of history and legend are contrasted with scenes of catastrophe; 3) ranges over subject matter that occupied Turner’s last 20 years, and the last paintings of pure colour and light. Music by Elizabeth Lutyens.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 28 min. Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 28 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1966

Availability

Hire
Video

Uses

History and theory of art.

Subjects

Art

Keywords

artists - British; paintings - British; Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851)

Credits

Director

David Thompson

Contributor

David Muir; Elizabeth Lutyens; Mamoun Hassan

Cast

Michael Hordern

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Samaritan Films

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council of Great Britain

Phone

020 7973 6455

Fax

020 7973 6581

Address

London
SW1P 3NG

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.