Robert. A Fortunate Life (1997)
27m
Running Time
April 1, 1997Release Date
Robert. A Fortunate Life (1997)
27m
Running Time
April 1, 1997Release Date
Plot.
Aleksander Sokurov brings the treasures of the Hermitage back into the light by making films about artists and their paintings. He has chosen the painter Hubert Robert, who spent a long time in Italy, and whose preference was for creating ancient ruined landscapes and naturalistic portrayals of times past. He was successful with the wealthy, who bought his works from him. The camera pans across the paintings while Sokurov speaks of a happy era, when the artist was at one with the spirit of the times, and agreed with the taste of his clients. Just how far removed from us this is, is shown by pictures of a "Nô" performance which are inter-cut on the screen. No words are necessary to describe what everybody knows today.
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Release DateApril 1, 1997
Original NameРобер. Счастливая жизнь
StatusReleased
Running Time27m
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Wiki.
Ellen Goosenberg Kent is an American film producer and director. She is best known for directing and co-producing documentary film Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (2013), which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 87th Academy Awards; the win was shared with producer Dana Perry. Throughout her career, she has worked on numerous films, mostly on television documentaries, including I Have Tourette's but Tourette's Doesn't Have Me (2005) and Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq (2007). She has won four Emmy awards out of six nominations for her work on HBO.