USA – 2008 – 73 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ARNER GLIMCHER
NON-THEATRICAL: AVAILABLE FOR TV, VOD & FILM FESTIVALS ONLY
Produced by Martin Scorsese and Robert Greenhut and directed by Arne Glimcher, PICASSO AND BRAQUE GO TO THE MOVIES is a cinematic tour through the effects of the technological revolution, specifically the invention of aviation, the creation of cinema and their interdependent influence on artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. With narration by Scorsese, and interviews with art scholars and artists including Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl, the film looks at the collision between film and art at the turn of the 20th Century and helps us to realize cinema's continuing influence on the art of our time.
Featuring Martin Scorsese, Tom Gunning, Kim Tomadjoglou, Jennifer Wild, Adam Gopnik, John Richardson, Bernice Rose, Natasha Staller, John Yau, Chuck Close, Eric Fischl, Lucas Samaras, Julian Schnabel, Coosje Van Bruggen, and Robert Whitman.