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Edvard Munch (1974) (TV)
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Peter Watkins (writer)
Release Date:
12 November 1974 (Norway)
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Following a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism...
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The best artist-biography I have ever seen
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Geir Westby | ... | Edvard Munch |
| Gro Fraas | ... | Fru Heiberg |
| Kerstii Allum | ... | Sophie Munch - 1868 |
| Eric Allum | ... | Edvard Munch - 1868 |
| Susan Troldmyr | ... | Laura Munch - 1868 |
| Ragnvald Caspari | ... | Peter Andreas Munch - 1868 |
| Katja Pedersen | ... | Inger Munch - 1868 |
| Hjordis Ulriksen | ... | Housemaid - 1868 |
| Inger-Berit Oland | ... | Sophie Munch - 1875 |
| Amund Berge | ... | Edvard Munch - 1875 |
| Camilla Falk | ... | Laura Munch - 1875 |
| Erik Kristiansen | ... | Peter Andreas Munch - 1875 |
| Anne-Marie Daehli | ... | Inger Munch - 1875 (as Anne Marie Dæhli) |
| Johan Halsborg | ... | Dr. Christian Munch - 1884 |
| Gro Jarto | ... | Laura Catherine Munch - 1884 |
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Edvard Munch (USA)
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210 min | USA:174 min (theatrical version)
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Peter Watkins' Edvard Munch is the best film "biography" of an artist I have ever seen. Like Peter Greenaway's THE FALLS (another favorite of mine) it uses non-professionals to great advantage... I'm not quite sure I can say how (other than that I tend to find professional actors distancing, with a few notable exceptions). It also strangely but tantalizingly mixes re-creation with pseudo-interview, creating an emotional tapestry of this lonely man's life which I have never quite been able to
UPDATE: ... Not sure why my comment cut off like that!
I am re-viewing this great film and find it just as astonishing as I did the first time through. The great _layering_ of image and sound (so that we see an oddly-cut sequence of a couple making love mixed with images of bloody sickbeds, all the while hearing Munch's palette knife scraping away or his distraught sobs) is employed to devastating effect, while the performances seem so naturalistic that it all feels less _acted_ than simply _filmed_ ... as if Watkins somehow managed to transport himself and camera back to 19th century Christiania. Absolutely spellbinding.