A second collaboration for tilda swinton, here playing bowieesque rock star marianne lane with herusual aplomb, and italian filmmaker luca guadagnino. Hazen creates an improvisatory narrativenonfiction hybrid featuring hockney, a wary pa. Jun 21, 2019 thats useful to bear in mind while watching a bigger splash, a 1973 film directed by jack hazan focusing on several years in the life of the british painter david hockney. A bigger splash 1973 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was painted in california between april and june 1967, when. From 19711973, jack hazan gained intimate access to david hockney and his circ. How 1970s hockney film preempted reality tv bbc news. A bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical. The music featured on the soundtrack seems lifted from a 50s horror film. Dec 29, 2019 the film offers a snapshot of hockneys career as well as an unfiltered and often steamy look at gay life in the early 1970s. Diretto da jack hazan, e curato da david mingay, ha musica di patrick gowers. An artist, he suddenly finds himself unable to create anything, and is awash in depression and loneliness. A bigger splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by luca guadagnino and written by alain page and david kajganich.
It was shot by jack hazan over three of hockneys most creatively successful years, and the result is, in the words of filmmaker martin schwartz, a document of glamor, love, sex, and creativity in early1970s london and new york. Laut cine canal wurde dieser film im jahre 1973 freigegeben. Filmed over a period of three and a half years, jack hazans 1973 film is a cinema verite portrait of british artist david hockney and his circle of friends. David hockney, peter schlesinger, celia birtwell, mo mcdermott, henry geldzahler, kasmin, ossie clark et betty freeman. Federico fellinis 1973 amacord, a colorful memory play that was part of what that guy in annie hall would call fellinis indulgent phase, is a film that seems wiser, funnier, more raucous and improper year after year. Released 1973, a bigger splash stars david hockney, peter schlesinger, ossie clark, celia birtwell the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. A bigger splash 1973 is a documentary, biography movie starring david hockney and peter schlesinger. Henry geldzahler sidder pa sin sofa og taler forretning, celia birtwell arbejder i sin stue, patrick proctor ryger en cigaret. David hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up. Its a film shot over three years in the early 1970s by a film maker credited as cowriter, director and director of.
A bigger splash is a large pop art painting by british artist david hockney. This unusual and sometimes unsettling film is a kind of staged documentary that could not have been made without the cooperation of people who were going though. Swinton plays a famous rock star vacationing with her lover, but their lives are soon disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old flame fiennes and his seductive daughter dakota johnson, creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and ultimately danger. A bigger splash is a 1973 sometimes cited as 1974 british biographical documentary film about david hockneys lingering breakup with his then partner peter. A fictionalised biopic on painter david hockneys life between 1970 and 1973. A bigger splash 1973 changes the movie database tmdb. Filmmaker jack hazan, camera rolling, follows hockney from london to new york to l. A bigger splash is a 1974 biopic about david hockneys lingering breakup with his then partner peter schlesinger, during the period 1970 to 1973. Then comes a scene, apparently in a hotel room, where david hockney is flirting with a young man called joe. Semifictionalized documentary biopic of british artist david hockney.
A bigger splash 1973 video detective movie trailers. In short, a bigger splash seemingly yearns to be more than it is and in presenting this facade of a laidback european beach film where theres nothing to do but create your own drama guadagninos. A bigger splash 1973 trailers and clips when david hockneys beautiful lover, peter schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves david a complete emotional wreck. This exhibition will take a new look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting since 1950.
David hockney is well on his way to art world superstardom. Ostensibly a bigger splash is about artist david hockneys breakup with his partner, peter schlesinger, over a three year period. David hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up with a boyfriend, leading his friends and his art dealer to worry about him. Contrasting key paintings by jackson pollock and david hockney, the exhibition considers two different approaches to the idea of the canvas as an arena in which to act. The film was nominated for an academy award for best original screenplay.
Thats useful to bear in mind while watching a bigger splash, a 1973 film directed by jack hazan focusing on several years in the life of the british painter david hockney. Jan 27, 2018 a bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical period following his breakup of his relationship with. Swinton plays a famous rock star vacationing with her lover, but their lives are soon disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old flame fiennes and his seductive daughter dakota johnson, creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and. An unusual, largely improvised hybrid of narrative and nonfiction, jack hazans 1973 film a bigger splash is a completely unique, intimate and innovative portrait of englishborn, often californiabased visual artist david hockney and his work. With david hockney, peter schlesinger, celia birtwell, henry geldzahler. An intimate and innovative film about englishborn, often californiabased artist david hockney and his work, honoring its subject through creative risktaking. This quasidocumentary follows the artist, as well as his circle of friends, and captures the agonized end of the lingering affair between him and his muse, an american named peter schlesinger. Camera film i dokumentaren a bigger splash kommer kunstneren david hockneys venner som vi kender dem fra ikoniske tegninger og malerier til live i deres hjem.
This film meant a good deal to me long before i even saw it. A bigger splash 1973 stream and watch online moviefone. A bigger splash 2015 film a bigger splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by luca guadagnino and written by alain page and david kajganich. It begins in 1973 and flashes back to 1971, then gradually bringing the story forward. A bigger splash has some of the best film editing i think ive seen in a film not because its kinetic or necessarily creative, but because it meshes its contents to such a degree that it no longer even feels verite. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
As a biopic on david hockney, it feels equally honest and fantastical. I was too young to get into a cinema to see it when released in the mid 70s, but i read everything about it i could and remember standing agape at a huge poster advertising a bigger splash in a london tube station. One of the strangest, most original and visually provocative films, a bigger. A bigger splash 1973 not rated 1h 46min documentary, biography, drama 10 april 1975 netherlands semifictionalized documentary biopic of british artist david hockney. A bigger splash official trailer starring tilda swinton, ralph fiennes and dakota johnson duration. A bigger splash 1973 letterboxd social film discovery. A bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical period following his breakup of his relationship with.
Mongkol major mongkol cinema recommended for you 1. The most authoritative collection of original movie posters from classic hollywood to contemporary arthouse. Movies a bigger splash 1973 an intimate and innovative film about englishborn, often californiabased artist david hockney and his work that honors its subject through creative risktaking. Items similar to a bigger splash 1973 poster view more. This 1974 film stars the british painter david hockney as himself. Straddling the boundary between documentary and fiction, a bigger splash tells the story of hockneys breakup with schlesinger and its effect on hockney, his work, and his close circle of friends. It competed for the golden lion at the 72nd venice international film festival. The image measures 2217 2979 pixels and is 1468 kilobytes large.
After a difficult breakup, hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends. Jack hazans film offers an insightful portrait of david hockney and friends in the 1970s, writes. A bigger splash 1973 when david hockneys beautiful lover, peter schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves david a complete emotional wreck. The restoration by the cineteca di bologna looked gorgeous on a properly huge screen in the festivals. A fictionalised biopic about the end of david hockneys relationship with peter schlesinger which was named after hockneys popart painting a bigger splash. Hazan creates an improvisatory narrativenonfiction hybrid featuring hockney, a wary participant, as well as his circle of friends, capturing the agonized end of the lingering affair. Watch a bigger splash online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Splash is a 1984 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by ron howard, written by lowell ganz and babaloo mandel, and starring tom hanks, daryl hannah, john candy and eugene levy. Ralph fiennes, tilda swinton, dakota johnson and matthias schoenaerts make it a starspangled vehicle indeed.
The film offers a snapshot of hockneys career as well as an unfiltered and often steamy look at gay life in the early 1970s. Jan 30, 2012 a bigger splash starts with a caption which says june 1973, geneva. Eventually, hockney begins a new painting, using a swimming pool as a canvas, in which he draws a picture of a. The film stars tilda swinton, matthias schoenaerts, ralph fiennes and dakota johnson. Directed by jack hazan, and edited by david mingay, it has music by patrick gowers. Actrices et acteurs a bigger splash 1973 a bigger splash, casting du film. Thats useful to bear in mind while watching a bigger splash, a 1973 film directed by jack hazan focusing on several years in the life of the. High resolution british movie poster image for a bigger splash 1973. A bigger splash e 2 entita correlate entities finder.
It claims to be a documentary, but does not provide the viewer any usable information about its subject. A true oddity that cannot escape its dated origins, a bigger splash is a fictional film in which all the actors play themselves. Metrograph is a new manhattan movie theater devoted to screening archive quality 35mm prints and new films in stateoftheart digital projection. Full frontal male nudity in mainstream film was unheard of in 1973, which im guessing is the reason this film has a reputation of being something special in the art world.