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Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head (1991)

Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head (1991)

Drama Documentary
Release Date: 1991, January 1
Directors: Olivier Smolders, Johan Van den Driessche
Countries: Belgium, France
Production: Les Films de la Boissière, Les Films du Scarabée
Cast: Christian Courtois, Alexandre von Sivers, Catherine Aymerie, Lémi Cétol, De Pauw Barbara

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

short film painter hieronymus bosch