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Edvard Munch [Masters of Cinema] [DVD] [1974]

Peter Watkins    Parental Guidance   DVD
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • Directors: Peter Watkins
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: French, English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Eureka Entertainment Ltd
  • DVD Release Date: 22 Oct 2007
  • Run Time: 211 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000UM1GC4
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,503 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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From the much-respected English director of PUNISHMENT PARK, CULLODEN, and THE WAR GAME. This is a film about the Norwegian Expressionist painter of THE SCREAM (aka THE SHRIEK), one of the most famous paintings in the world. It was a huge recent theatrical box office hit in France upon its re-release. Famously described by Ingmar Bergman as "a work of genius", Peter Watkins' multi-faceted masterwork is more than just a biopic of the iconic Norwegian Expressionist painter, it is one of the best films ever made about the artistic process. Focusing initially on Munch's formative years in late 19th Century Kristiana (now Oslo), Watkins uses his trademark style to create a vivid picture of the emotional, political and social upheavals that would have such an effect on his art. The young artist (Geir Westby) has an affair with "Mrs Heiberg" (Gro Fraas), a devastating experience that will haunt him for the rest of his life. His work is viciously attacked by critics and public alike and he is forced to leave his home country for Berlin, where, along with the notorious Swedish playwright August Strindberg, he becomes part of the cultural storm that is to sweep Europe. There have been countless film biographies of famous artists, but only a handful can be considered major works in their own right. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Watkins' original, extended 211-minute TV version of what is regarded by many as an extraordinary feat of filmmaking. SPECIAL FEATURES - New director-approved high-definition restoration of the longer TV version, Newly translated optional English subtitles, Optional SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, 112-page book with a Peter Watkins self-interview, writing by Joseph Gomez, and a timeline of Munch's life. Recommended to those who enjoyed Artificial Eye's VAN GOGH (Maurice Pialat, 1993); LUST FOR LIFE (Vincente Minnelli, 1956); CARAVAGGIO (Derek Jarman, 1986); POLLOCK (Ed Harris, 2000)


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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars this film defines what true art is.. 9 Mar 2010
Format:DVD
I got this film from a high street shop-reduced from about £40 and a bit higher than the bargain Amazon price asked now.which is a bargain. I didnt view it from the directors or filmic point of view as i dont know the historical facts surrounding Munchs life.. From the point of view that Munch as an artist received abusive criticism from much of his kinfolk and elsewhere, year in year out ,and yet persevered through his own ill health , escaping death by the skin of his teeth and suffering the mortalities of those close to him -whilst scarcely diverting from his own sacred belief that he was born to be an artist and nothing else- is both inspirational and moving at the same time. This is what real art is about-suffering for ones art and beliefs, and I mean really suffering. You cannot come away from this film without feeling intense admiration for the art of Munch and with a sense of gratitude and praise for the director who produced this art film. I cant recommend it highly enough to those of a real artistic sensiblity.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A BRILLIANT FILM ON EDVARD MUNCH 30 Oct 2002
Format:VHS Tape
The is one of the most moving, experimental films I have seen.
Peter Watkins' political understanding of the times and his
compassion for the struggling, alientated artist is superb. He
has a unique method of linking the present to the painter's
traumatic past, namely the deaths of his mother and sister from
tuberculosis, when he was a boy. The camerawork and close-ups of
individual faces are excellent. Munch's grief, when he loses the
woman he loves, leads to his best works and a premature death.
No other director has made a film about the inner and outer
worlds of the artist as well as this. I highly recommend the
film. Ingmar Bergman described it as 'a work of genius.'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars First subtitled film i ever saw 7 Dec 2011
Format:DVD
This was the first subtitled film i ever saw; back in 1977 or 78 i think it was. I remember watching on BBC2 till about 2 in the morning and teeing my dad off (cus he needed me to go to bed for some reason)

It obviously made a big impression; soon after I was off to Birmingham Arts Centre to see films by Werner Herzog and Ingmar Bergman et al. I'd realized there was a wonderful world of film out there that actually included more of the world than that giving by yer usual English speaking fodder. And that world was complex, as complex as i felt i wanted to be. And it felt like i was joining a culture of "culture" - watching these obscure cult art house films of the 70's. A vital, and necessary, part of my "sentimental" education these cult films were.

So would this film be living up to my expectations 30+ years on? Yes it would. It did. I was pulled right in, was there as my younger self once again feeling absorbed into the cultural milieu of late 19th century boho intellectuals; various artists, writers, poets, philosophers, all agonizing and dying in their 30's and 40's of consumptive angst etc.

The most angsty and agonized of them all of course is Edvard. Has trouble with the ladies. Falling in love with liberal proto-feminists who mostly want a bit of extra-marital. A gamut of repressed feelings; which have to get released onto canvas, this inner tumult expressed as paint.

It was all marvelous meaty melancholy for my 19 year old inexperienced untutored self to feast on, be indulged by. The unfulfilled sexual desire, the emotional turmoil, echoing, exaggerating, expressing, what lay latently aching but unexpressed inside me. I was bedazzled, kind of bewildered, probably lost inside this sensually poeticized found world. Mesmerized.

Ok. I'm a more sophisticated "critic" of films 30 years on. Less inclined to be bedazzled. All that unfulfilled sexual desire and emotional turmoil has settled own, evened out, become less achingly significant. So this film doesn't have quite the import or impact of back then. And it does go on a bit. And the fast free- associative juxtapositions of the editing, which for an hour had felt fluid with felt lived life, get to feel - on occasion - tiringly repetitive.

Still, what an enriching and engrossing film to have seen all those years ago. No wonder my immature impressionable self was so impressed.
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