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.
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