A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 1, 1982
Original Title:
Strokes of Genius: Arshile Gorky
Genres:
Documentary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 29
Born in Armenia, Arshile Gorky fled the Turkish persecution and arrived in America in 1920. One of America`s most poetic and powerful painters, Gorky`s influence on his contemporaries gave birth to the New York School of abstract expressionist painting. In rare glimpses into his studio and through interviews with family and friends, this film recreates Gorky`s world, examines the progression of his painting to the later, deeply felt work, that suggests the beauty and anguish of his lost Armenian homeland.
Additional Photography:
Tom Hurwitz
Vic Losick
Assistant Camera:
David Eubank
Ed Mauriello
James McCalmont
Douglas Pellegrino
Gary Steele
Assistant Editor:
Variety Moszynski
Associate Producer:
Ellen Weissbrod
Co-Producer:
Karen Lindsay-Stewart
Director:
Charlotte Zwerin
Director of Photography:
Francis Kenny
Editor:
Carol Hayward
Grip:
Michael Shaw
Music:
Maurice Wright
Producer:
Courtney Sale Ross
Sound Recordist:
Bruce Litecky
Larry Loewinger
Danny Michael
Morning Pastorak
Writer:
Charlotte Zwerin
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