Balthus through the Looking-Glass (movie)
Balthus de l'autre côté du miroir- Production country: France
- Producer: Damian Pettigrew
- Production companies: Planète Cable, Baal Films
- Genre: Documentary
- Budget: $450,000
- Release date: 1/1/1996
- Run time: 72 min.
Movie description
Using rare images of the artist filmed at work in his studio, exclusive interviews with his family and close friends, photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, and unpublished artwork, this award-winning feature documentary highlights the painter’s complex creative process. Acclaimed as the definitive film portrait of the master, Balthus through the Looking-Glass was shot on Super 16 over 14 months in Switzerland, Italy, France and the Moors of England by the director of Fellini, I’m a Born Liar. (Arte)
