Opening September 4, 2009:
 Van Gogh: Brush with Genius
Dive into the heart of Van Gogh’s paintings. For the first time,
discover in IMAX the fantastic colors and passionate brushwork of
a great genius as they take on a new life before our eyes. Relive
Vincent’s life journey through his letters, see the places that
inspired him, and the paintings.
The film retraces the artist’s footsteps, leading us through
the painter’s subject matter and sources of inspiration. From
the Netherlands, to Arles, to Saint Rémy and Auvers-sur- Oise,
we rediscover the places and landscapes that have inspired some of
the most essential works in art history. From the dazzling yellow
of the cornfields to the deep blue of the sky, the entire palette
of one of our most flamboyant painters explodes to light up the giant
screen. We are thrown into a unique visual experience where the paintings
spring to life before our eyes, so near us that we can feel the painter’s
energy, the wind in the branches
of a cypress, the dazzling Southern
sun.
We will meet Vincent. During
this journey he will join us,
reacting to the pictures, telling
us what his is opinion today.
He will be looking at Peter Knapp, a man
who is working today on a documentary
about Van Gogh’s techniques,
and at Ellen, a researcher in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. She
is studying his notebooks and letters. They give evidence of the
fire and passion of a man who painted as he loved, who loved as he
painted. And Vincent, as if he were seated next to us, will tell
us the truth about his works and life. This is a chance to discover
a Van Gogh we’ve never seen before: serene and radiating with
love of life. This passionate voyage, this new closeness to Van Gogh – the
masterpieces and the man – open up a world of unexpected, intense
emotions on the giant screen.
The film offers us the unique
joy of seeing and getting to
know, with ever increasing admiration, the
man whose energy and freedom
are intrinsically bound to the
great beauty of his work.
Learn more about the film, see
images, view footage and review
educational activities—visit www.filmvangogh.com
View Trailer
Reviews:
“
[Van Gogh] provides the visceral
thrill of seeing numerous masterworks by a painter in visually dazzling
fashion…stunning….”—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood
Reporter
“
The comparison between the painted
and celluloid-caught landscapes becomes truly breathtaking in IMAX….”—Ronnie
Scheib, Variety
 The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea won
an Academy Award® for the Best Animated Short Film award in 2000.
In an explosion of stunning hand-painted imagery it depicts Ernest
Hemingway’s classic tale of a fisherman’s extraordinary
duel, and follows a short live-action
bio of the author.
The Old Man and the Sea, one
of Hemingway’s most enduring works, is a story of friendship
between a young boy and an aging fisherman tormented by hunger and
weeks of ill luck. Santiago, a once strong, proud man is coming to
terms with his failing abilities and age. After many weeks of returning
home to his small village, day after day with nothing in his boat,
Santiago is forced to accept the other villager’s small charities.
He resolves to sail far out
to sea in search of a catch
that will redeem his self-confidence.
Based on Ernest Hemingway’s 1952 novella of the same name, Aleksandr
Petrov’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ is a masterpiece
of animated short films, taking
a classic story and offering
it a beauty that only Petrov
could accomplish. Completed over two and
a half years, the film was
created using paint-on-glass
animation, a technique which uses slow-drying
pastel oil paints on glass
sheets. Running for approximately
20 minutes, the film is comprised
of more than 29,000 paintings,
each frame a veritable work of art.
The wonderful animation of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ is
startlingly realistic, but
the effect of the oil-on-glass
also gifts it with a certain dream-like
quality. The ocean is a vast
heaving body of blue, a character
in
itself, and the marlin which
lurks in its depths is an immense
creature of great dignity. The moment
when
the struggling marlin tries
unsuccessfully to escape by
hurtling itself magnificently into
the open air is truly
affecting. The beauty
of this film must be seen to
be believed, and the 2000 Academy
Award for Best Animated Short
Film was certainly not undeserved.
Ticket Prices
Classic (45-minute) IMAX® Ticket Prices
$9.00 Adults
$8.00 Seniors 65+
$7.00 Children (ages 2-12)
Members receive $1.00 off IMAX® ticket prices.
Classic (45-minute) IMAX® Double
Feature Ticket Prices
$14.00 Adults
$13.00 Seniors 65+
$11.00 Children (ages 2-12)
GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS
General Admission Tickets include:
Museum Exhibits and one Classic (45-minute) IMAX® Film.
$15.00 Adults
$14.00 Senior 65+
$12.00 Children |
