This quasidocumentary follows the artist, as well as his circle of friends, and captures the agonized end of the lingering affair between him and his muse, an american named peter schlesinger. His englishlanguage debut, a bigger splash, is high concept from the getgo, introducing tilda swinton as marianne lane, a bowiesized rock legend who, its implied, has blown out her vocal cords at one packed stadium show too many. Portrait of david hockney as a young artist in the. Few works show this better than hockneys depictions of californian swimming pools. A bigger splash a famous couple vacationing on an isolated island find their peace disrupted when an exlover and his daughter arrive and ramp up the sexual tension. It competed for the golden lion at the 72nd venice international film festival. Luca guadagninos a bigger splash trailer film pulse.
A clearer picture of a bigger splash the new york times. The 1960s are often seen as a time when britain emerged from the greyness of the postwar years into a period of optimism, youthfulness and colour. A bigger splash is a dazzling, sensuous portrait of desire, jealousy and rock n roll under the mediterranean sun. A bigger splash is our fourthfavourite film of the year. A bigger splash is a revealing last ripple of the socalled life style of swinging london invented mainly by journalists. Artwork page for a bigger splash, david hockney, 1967 on display at tate britain.
A bigger splash nude scenes 30 images and 14 videos including appearances from tilda swinton dakota johnson lily mcmenamy. Memories of teenage holidays on a farflung italian outpost between sicily and tunisia prompted director luca guadagnino to set his latest film, a bigger splash, on the volcanic island. L ike susanne bier, italian filmmaker luca guadagnino spins diverting enough yarns of outsized emotion from extraordinary circumstances. The film also stars tilda swinton, ralph fiennes, and matthias schoenaerts. Director luca guadagnino has been tapped to directed the upcoming suspiria remake with dakota johnson, but before that hell be directing her in a bigger splash, which got its first trailer today. Its star explains what it taught her about human nature and reveals if she really was channelling david bowie catherine shoard. Shot over three years in the early 1970s, the official synopsis calls a bigger splash an improvisatory narrativenonfiction hybrid featuring hockney, a wary participant, as well his circle of. Matthias schoenaerts and tilda swinton in a bigger splash 2015 luca. In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is. Jack hazan uses painter david hockney, his art dealer in the us and. A true oddity that cannot escape its dated origins, a bigger splash is a fictional film in which all the actors play themselves.
Rock legend marianne lane is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with. Parents need to know that a bigger splash is a very mature drama based on an old french film. One of the strangest, most original and visually provocative films, a bigger splash is a captivating, shimmeringly beautiful film l. Thats useful to bear in mind while watching a bigger splash, a 1973 film directed by jack hazan focusing on several years in the life of the british painter david hockney. He told luomo vogue that hes not a fan of the jacques deray movie and kept only the idea of two couples who meet around a pool in. Schoenaerts pecs, johnsons torso, fiennes smile and even swintons feet are all monuments to be worshipped as much as the cool, blue mediterranean sea or the imposing volcanic boulders that surround it. In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul matthias schoenaerts when iconoclast record producer and old flame harry ralph fiennes unexpectedly arrives with his daughter penelope dakota johnsonand interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an abomb blast of nostalgia from which there can be no rescue. For marianne tilda swinton and paul matthias schoenaerts. A bigger splash is a large pop art painting by british artist david hockney. Rock legend marianne lane is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul when iconoclast record producer and old flame harry unexpectedly arrives with his daughter.
In a bigger splash, the lives of a high profile couple, a famous rock star tilda swinton and a filmmaker matthias schoenaerts, vacationing and recovering on the idyllic sundrenched and remote italian island of pantelleria, are disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend ralph fiennes and his daughter dakota johnson creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and, ultimately, danger for everyone involved. This unusual and sometimes unsettling film is a kind of staged documentary that could not have been made without the cooperation of people who were going though genuine challenges in their life at the time. The film stars tilda swinton, matthias schoenaerts, ralph fiennes and dakota johnson. This is a film about behavior, not plot and how people are ruled by emotion, and not logic. A bigger splash is certainly an imperfect movie but it has its merits. Find out where a bigger splash is streaming, if a bigger splash is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. With david hockney, peter schlesinger, celia birtwell, henry geldzahler. A bigger splash 1973 not rated 1h 46min documentary, biography, drama 10 april 1975 netherlands semifictionalized documentary biopic of british artist david hockney. David hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up with a boyfriend, leading his friends and his art dealer to worry about. The italian director who also made call me by your name on how costumes are integral to a character, and how much they influence wider culture just look at. A bigger splash ralph fiennes delivers a sensational performance as one of four passionate souls sharing a villa in the sicilian sunshine, with jealousy, intrigue and violence simmering beneath the surface.
A bigger splash film complet en francais hd 1080p youtube. It was painted in california between april and june 1967, when hockney was. Jack hazans a bigger splash 1974 dispenses with drab talkinghead portraiture to create an intimate and innovative film about englishborn, londonschooled, californiabased artist david hockney and his work that honors its subject through creative risk rather than slavish hagiography. In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul matthias schoenaerts when iconoclast record producer and.
Explore the stunning italian island in a bigger splash this sicilian isle boasts thermal springs, lava sculptures, natural swimming pools and a starring role in a new film starring ralph fiennes. Theres also some violence, specifically a struggle between two characters that results in a death. Semifictionalized documentary biopic of british artist david hockney. A bigger splash is a film directed by luca guadagnino with ralph fiennes, dakota johnson, matthias schoenaerts, tilda swinton, year. Watching jack hazans 1974 film a bigger splash, about britishborn, californiaidentified artist david hockney, the more you try to peg what it is snapshot biography. Network premiere of luca guadagninos salacious 2015 drama, starring tilda swinton, ralph fiennes, dakota johnson and matthias schoenaerts. A bigger splash, the title borrowed from a 1967 david hockney painting, is a spellbinding erotic dance set on the gorgeous mediterranean island of. This is a terrifically assured switch to englishlanguage filmmaking from guadagnino, and like his interesting but faintly overvalued movie i am. After a difficult breakup, hockney is left unable to paint, much to the concern of his friends.
Titled after hockneys popart painting a bigger splash. A bigger splash has neither a clear center nor a clear moral, and its all the better for it. T he new luca guadagnino film, a bigger splash, takes place on a sunblanketed mediterranean isle somewhere between sicily and tunisia. A bigger splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by luca guadagnino and written by alain page and david kajganich. New a bigger splash film feature videos germany screencaps by us. Guadagnino directs with vigor and elegance, moving with just as seductive fluidity both among the landscapes of the island of pantelleria and on the naked, sweaty, quivering bodies of its protagonists, composing very sophisticated and brazenly pop shots, of undeniable and impetuous visual power. A fictionalised biopic on painter david hockneys life between 1970 and 1973. It has extremely strong sexual content, with both male and female fullfrontal nudity, plus graphic sex scenes, oral sex, and hints at unorthodox sex. At the economist, guadagnino acknowledged an interest in mysterious attractions. These evoke a glamorous and exotic life of sun and leisure. Director luca guadagnino has some hesitation in considering a bigger splash a remake of the swimming pool 1969. David hockney is well on his way to art world superstardom.
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