Documentary
From the Notebook of...
“Color as a description of light.”
Shot in Florence, the film draws on Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and Paul Valéry’s essay on da Vinci’s creative process to explore parallels between Renaissance space and the moving image. Beavers employs rapid pans and tilts along the city’s facades, interspersed with glimpses of his own face, linking camera movement to the filmmaker’s investigative gaze. The work marks a turning point in his practice, foregrounding presence and perception as central to his method. (Note: The film was re-edited and re-released in 1999.)
Directed by Robert Beavers
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User score
14 votes
Status
Released
Released
February 11, 1972
Runtime
48m
Language
No Language
