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The Painting

7.0(1)197220m1

The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece, “The Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus”. The painting shows the calm, near-naked saint in a peaceful landscape, a frozen moment before four horses tear his body to pieces while an audience of soigné nobles look on; in the movie’s revised version, Beavers gives it a comparably rarefied psychodramatic jolt, juxtaposing shots of Gregory Markopoulos, bisected by shafts of light, with a torn photo of himself and the recurring image of a shattered windowpane.

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Part of My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure · 18 films

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  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival9 Oct 1999
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto Film Festival8 Sept 2000
  • AustriaAT

    • TheatricalOriginal Version: The Painting, 1972, 16mm, colour, sound, 20 minutes First Public Screening: Cinematografischer Salon, Innsbruck, 19721 Jan 1972

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The Painting was released on 1 January 1972.

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