Jim Dine: A Self-Portrait on the Walls is a 1995 American short documentary film about artist Jim Dine produced by Nancy Dine and Richard Stilwell. The film follows Dine as he produces an exhibition by drawing in charcoal directly on the walls of a German museum. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
A concentrated look at one of America's early Pop artists, the film was made during Dine's 4-year residency in London. Actively at work in his studio on several large collages, one can clearly see Dine's masterful balance of artistic freedom and control, as he adds and modifies illusionistic images, written words and real life objects to his compositions. The artist talks about his connections to literature and about his frequent collaboration with poets; he also discusses his own poetry, some of which he reads for the camera. The parks and streets of London are the setting for Dine's frank comments about his voluntary exile in that city. On one walk, Dine encounters Gilbert and George as they endlessly repeat "Underneath the Arches" in bronze make-up, their earliest performance piece.
Голубоглазый художник - явный альфонс и явная жертва своей изящной садистки-возлюбленной - не может сосредоточиться в сумасшедшем городе, требует себе творческой тишины и переезда в деревню. Однако дом, который ему готова купить любовница, тоже не сулит покоя: по нему бродит призрак некой девушки, некогда любившей всех мужчин в округе, потом якобы погибшей при налете немецкой авиации и теперь спустя годы начавшей преследовать нового жильца. Поскольку грань человеческой нормальности он явно перешел еще в городе, до полного психоза остается недолго и недалеко: творя очередной шедевр (неистово разбрызгивая краску, подобно Поллоку), юноша-художник благополучно сходит с ума.
In 1967, New York City is host to the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant. This documentary takes a look behind the scenes, transporting the viewer into rehearsals and dressing rooms as the drag queen subculture prepares for this big national beauty contest. Jack/Sabrina is the mistress of ceremonies, and their protégé, Miss Harlow, is in the competition. But, as the pageant approaches, the glamorous contestants veer from camaraderie to tension.
