Norman Rockwell's World… An American Dream

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Movie
Original title Norman Rockwell's World… An American Dream
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1972
length 25 minutes
Rod
Director Robert Deubel
script Gaby Monet
production Richard Barclay
music Patrick Fox
camera Bob Bailin ,
Carroll Ballard ,
Sal Guida
cut Burt Rashby
occupation
Norman Rockwell (1921)

Norman Rockwell's World… An American Dream is a 1972 American short film directed by Robert Deubel , produced by Richard Barclay and won an Oscar at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973 .

content

The film deals with the American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894 to 1978). Rockwell created 322 covers for the American weekly magazine The Saturday Evening Post over a period of more than forty years , which made him very popular. He is also known for his illustrations, calendars and covers for Boys' Life magazine, which he designed for the Boy Scouts of America youth association .

Rockwell's world is shown using reenactments, still images, paintings and old and new film recordings. The artist is showing covers in his studio in Stockbridge , Massachusetts , which he painted over the years for the Saturday Evening Post . He explains that he does not depict the world as it is, but as he would like it to be and that he is reluctant to capture ugly things.

Rockwell's works are classified as American patriotic as well as commercial and can be attributed to Americana . Either you are enthusiastic about your work, like the American Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton , for example , or you can't get anything from them and even call them kitsch . Either way, Rockwell is one of the most influential and well-known artists in American history.

With Rockwell Series Four Freedoms , by the painter by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt was held in January 1941 speech inspired that toured Office of War Information from 1943 by the USA and collected 130 million US dollars war bonds a .

production

The footage shot by Columbia Pictures Corporation was primarily made in Stockbridge , Massachusetts , which is also home to a Rockwell Museum.

criticism

The Library Media page states that the film studies the long-standing popular artist well, an illustrator whose work seems to grow in importance over time, and illustrates the stories behind many of its iconic post-covers would hide.

Award

Academy Awards 1973 : Oscar for Richard Barclay and the film he produced.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 45th Academy Awards | 1973 sS oscars.org (English)
  2. ↑ Norman Rockwell's World… An American Dream sS librarymedia.org (English)