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Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies — Film Review
NEW YORK — The influence of the burgeoning medium of film during the early part of the 20th century on modern art, and Cubism in particular, is the subject of “Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies.” The documentary, directed by art dealer/film producer Arne Glimcher (“The Mambo Kings”) and produced and narrated by Martin Scorsese, features a profusion of provocative ideas and a wealth of vintage film clips but is unable to avoid having the inevitable feel of a college thesis.
Picasso and Braque apparently were avid film buffs, with Glimcher’s theme being that their work — particularly the Cubist paintings that they simultaneously created largely in the years 1907-14 — were deeply influenced by the early efforts of such film pioneers as Thomas Edison and especially Georges Melies, clips of whose playful films are featured prominently.
A hodgepodge of interrelated theories that is in no small way reminiscent of the art movement that provides its inspiration, the film is too scattershot to make a sustained impact. But there are plenty of thoughtful ideas presented along the way, many of them provided by the incisive commentary of such artists as Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl.
And, of course, there is Scorsese, who has demonstrated his penchant for effusive narration on his own documentaries exploring the history of cinema. Whether describing Cubism as “not a style, but a revolution” or providing a lengthy analysis of how he composed the climactic scene from “The Departed,” the veteran filmmaker is so entertaining and insightful in his commentary that one wants to sign up immediately for whatever graduate course he’s teaching.
Opened: Thursday, May 27 (Arthouse Films) This article was originally published in May. We are republishing the piece as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hits theaters this weekend. The year 2019 marks 50 years since the Tate-LaBianca murders, the horrifying Los Angeles killing spree that brought Charles Manson and his Family into the public eye. Five decades later, there are not one, not two, but three(!) new films dedicated to the subject: Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mary Harron’s Charlie Says, and Daniel Farrands’ The Haunting of Sharon Tate. Margot Robbie, Grace Van Dien, and Hillary Duff all take turns playing the actress formerly married to Roman Polanski, who died, pregnant, at the hands of cult members possessed by Helter Skelter. Manson-mania is, of course, nothing new. He and his followers have exercised a certain power over the popular imagination since their apprehension and trial (one of the longest-running in American history) in 1970. Countless books, movies, TV shows, and podcasts have set their sights on rehashing that terrifying moment in 1969. We’re still a couple months out from experiencing Tarantino’s version of the events (Harron’s and Farrand’s already hit theaters), so you have plenty of time to catch up on the fiction and non-fiction that came before it. Behold, Vulture’s extensive guide to the pop culture of Charles Manson: I Drink Your Blood (1970): Set in a small town overrun by rabid cult members, this X-rated horror film by David E. Durston takes inspiration from the Manson murders, along with a rabies epidemic that occurred in an Iranian mountain village at the same time. Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury is suitably campy and creepy as Horace Bones, the Manson-inspired cult leader. Helter Skelter (1976): Based on the true crime book by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry, this carnivalesque TV movie (directed by Tom Gries) stars Steve Railsback as C Louie Henri (older) Pancho Villa (older, as himself) .
Director: Arne Glimcher
Producers: Arne Glimcher, Martin Scorsese, Robert Greenhut
Executive producer: Bonnie Hlinomaz
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List of biographical films
Year Film Subject(s) Lead actor or actress 1906 The Story of the Kelly Gang Ned Kelly Frank Mills 1909 The Origin of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata Ludwig van Beethoven Harry Baur The Life of Moses Moses Pat Hartigan Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allan Poe Herbert Yost Saul and David King David Maurice Costello King Saul William V. Ranous 1910 Pyotr Velikiy Peter the Great Pyotr Voinov 1911 Sweet Nell of Old Drury Nell Gwyn Nellie Stewart Charles II of England Augustus Neville 1912 Custer's Last Fight George Armstrong Custer Francis Ford Cleopatra Cleopatra Helen Gardner From the Manger to the Cross Jesus Robert Henderson-Bland 1913 Adrienne Lecouvreur Adrienne Lecouvreur Sarah Bernhardt Giuseppe Verdi nella vita e nella gloria Giuseppe Verdi Egisto Cecchi The Life and Works of Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Giuseppe Becce Sixty Years a Queen Queen Victoria Blanche Forsythe (younger) 1914 Beating Back Al Jennings Al Jennings Richelieu Cardinal Richelieu Murdock MacQuarrie The Adventures of François Villon: The Oubliette François Villon The Adventures of François Villon: The Higher Law The Adventures of François Villon: Monsieur Bluebeard The Adventures of François Villon: The Ninety Black Boxes Home, Sweet Home John Howard Payne Henry B. Walthall Judith of Bethulia Judith Blanche Sweet The Life of General Villa Pancho Villa Raoul Walsh (younger) 1915 Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale Elisabeth Risdon Mistress Nell Nell Gwyn Mary Pickford The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Henry B. Walthall 1916 David Garrick David Garrick Dustin Farnum Davy Crockett Davy Crockett Disraeli Benjamin Disraeli Dennis Eadie Joan the Woman Joan of Arc Geraldine Farrar 1917 Betsy Ro