Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head

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Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head (1991)

Directed by Olivier Smolders, Johan Van den Driessche

Documentary, Drama · 26m

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.

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Cast

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Christian Courtois Antoine Wiertz Alexandre von Sivers (voice)
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Lémi Cétol Le guide Catherine Aymerie La jeune femme De Pauw Barbara La petite fille

Crew

Director
Olivier Smolders, Johan Van den Driessche
Director of Photography
Walther van den Ende
Editor
Philippe Bourgueil
Producer
Olivier Smolders, Claude Miller

Details

Original title
Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée
Release date
1991-01-01
Runtime
26m
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
Belgium, France
Production
Les Films de la Boissière, Les Films du Scarabée