Balthus Through the Looking Glass

Balthus Through the LookingGlass French Balthus de lautre ct du miroir is a 1996 French documentary film directed by Damian Pettigrew on the French painter Balthus.

The feature length documentary highlights the painters complex creative process with rare footage of the artist at work in his studio in the Swiss mountain village of Rossinire. Conversations with Balthus and his wife Setsuko, his daughter Harumi, his sons Stanislaus and Thade, interviews with art critics Jean Leymarie, Jean Clair, Pierre Rosenberg, and James Lord, and with French painter Franois Rouan who often assisted Balthus during his tenure at the Villa Medici, contribute to form a psychological portrait of a secretive and controversial artist.Also featured are photographs by Henri CartierBresson and Irving Penn, and much unpublished material. The film was shot in Superover a 12month period in Switzerland, Italy, France, and the Moors of England. ........

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