Painters Painting

1973 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 214 VOTES · DIR. Emile de Antonio

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Overview

Painters Painting: The New York Art Scene 1940-1970 is a 1972 documentary directed by Emile de Antonio. It covers American art movements from abstract expressionism to pop art through conversations with artists in their studios. Artists appearing in the film include Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler, Frank Stella, Barnett Newman, Hans Hofmann, Jules Olitski, Philip Pavia, Larry Poons, Robert Motherwell, and Kenneth Noland.

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00:00:34 (P.Leider) The problem of American painting had been a problem of subject matter.
00:04:59 The problem of the subject
00:09:11 don't take him as a painter.
00:14:08 To everyone's intense surprise
00:18:42 (Greenberg) Hofmann had a great responsibility
00:23:16 The scale of America is different.
00:28:31 If you have to stand there examining the eyelashes and all that sort of thing
00:33:54 I should have to mean what I did.
00:39:04 because it had paint next to it.
00:43:59 You start with a roll of canvas and some paint.
00:48:49 He's making a film, you know.
00:54:16 or viceversa, but I don't think so.
00:59:24 go down to see what Jasper's paintings look like?
01:03:50 for the American flag in her students.
01:09:03 make everyone else itch to emulate.
01:13:05 to Segal's to be cast.
01:17:51 hmm, a trick of saying: "I'm going to make it look...
01:21:38 I relaxed finally, you know.
01:25:39 (deAntonio) Silver? (Warhol) Silver blank.
01:30:15 adress itself to.
01:34:19 This is one the recent paintings.
01:38:33 "Here, Larry, I want you to.. I want to help you."
01:43:46 that you can't have a pure color in a picture.
01:49:05 It's more a point of discovering a drawing than making a drawing.

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Dialogue Record

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Dialogue density14.9 lines / min
First line00:00:34
Final line01:49:05

Production Record

DirectorEmile de Antonio
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes214