The Painter

United States, 1975

Film
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Episode of Series “The Art of silence: pantomimes with Marcel Marceau and his partner Pierre Verry”.
Mime makes the invisible visible and the visible invisible. Marceau’s sometimes comical - but always graceful - interpretation of The Painter in Central Park allows the viewer to “see” objects which are not there.

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Credits

producer/director

John Barnes

production company

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films

Duration

00:08:20:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1975

Appears in

The Art of silence: pantomimes with Marcel Marceau and his partner Pierre Verry

Group of items

The Art of silence: pantomimes with Marcel Marceau and his partner Pierre Verry

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012318

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Central Park (New York, N.Y.)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Performance art

Music & Performing Arts → Mime

Music & Performing Arts → Pantomime

Places → Central Park (New York, N.Y.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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