The Getty Museum (Venue Partner)
1200 Getty Center Drive
(310) 440.7300
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Courtesy of Tamasa Distribution
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Jan 14–15
Daily
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Directions: Driving: The Getty Center is located near the intersection of the San Diego Freeway (the 405) and the Santa Monica Freeway (the 10). Take the Getty Center Drive exit from the 405 and follow the signs to the main gate on Sepulveda Boulevard.
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“The artist as filmmaker's muse is the theme of this Getty Center mini film festival. Leading off the series is two thirds of Jean Cocteau's Orphic Trilogy, The Blood of a Poet (1930) and Testament of Orpheus (1960). Alan Rudolphs' 1988 The Moderns depicts an American expat painter in 1920s Paris rubbing elbows with Picasso, Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein. In Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982), a lustful painter's artistic commission is layered with subterfuge, while in Caravaggio (1986), Derek Jarman interprets the life of the transgressive painter.”
Karin E. Baker, Flavorpill
The myth of the artist has been a most popular theme for filmmakers since the dawn of cinema. Filmmakers and audiences have long been fascinated by the making of art and the potential genius behind it. This film series depicts working artists in a way that complements, in moving form, the exhibition Images of the Artist.
