Christian Courtois
Antoine Wiertz
The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.
Release Date | 1991-01-01 |
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Runtime | 26m |
Directors | Olivier Smolders, Johan Van den Driessche, Frédéric Delrue, Walther van den Ende |
Producers | Claude Miller, Olivier Smolders |
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