Day of the Painter
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Day of the Painter |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | 15 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert P. Davis |
| script | Robert P. Davis |
| production | Ezra R. Baker |
| music | Eddy Manson |
Day of the Painter is an American short film directed by Robert P. Davis from 1960 that won an Oscar .
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The film presents itself as a high-spirited, very comical parody, which has abstract - expressionist painting as its theme and is called "Painter's Day". It all begins when a painter wakes up in a slowly crumbling hut on a rickety pier, located on a picturesque river. A boat approaches and brings him his Wall Street Journal , from which the man concludes that his stocks are doing well. He sets about loading a wheelbarrow with cans of various colors, long sticks, and a spray gun. Two helpers also carry a large blank canvas onto his muddy “studio”, which is on the side of the stream. Then the painter is busy all day filling the canvas in every imaginable way by scattering, shooting and even pushing himself across the canvas. Little by little, an image actually emerges that turns out to be quite good and resembles Jackson Pollock's paintings , natural and attractive to those who appreciate imitative work. After the painter has finished, he looks at his work and then cuts the enormous canvas into pieces.
At the end of the day a small seaplane comes by, the pilot carefully examines the cut segments and then selects one, puts it in his plane and flies away. The painter, meanwhile, takes the remaining pieces and throws them into the river, where they swim away with the swans, accompanied by seagulls.
Production, publication
The film was shot in Mamaroneck and in the port of the small town in the state of New York .
The film, produced by Little Movies and distributed by Kingsley-Union Films and Columbia Broadcasting System , was first shown in the United States in September 1960.
Award
Ezra R. Baker was at the Academy Awards in 1961 for the film produced by him in the category "Best Short Film" with an Oscar award.
Web links
- Day of the Painter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Day of the Painter (1960) at letterboxd.com (English)