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Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head (1991) [N/A]

Release Date:
January 1, 1991

Original Title:
Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée

Genres:
Documentary | Drama

Production Companies:
Les Films de la Boissière
Les Films du Scarabée

Production Countries:
Belgium

Ratings / Certifications:
BE: KT  FR: TP 

Runtime: 26

Overview from TheMovieDB

The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.

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Production

Camera Technician:
Didier Frateur

Co-Art Director:
Frédéric Delrue

Director:
Olivier Smolders
Johan Van den Driessche

Director of Photography:
Walther van den Ende

Editor:
Philippe Bourgueil

Makeup Artist:
Claudine Thyrion

Music:
Philippe Marion
Yves Swennen

Producer:
Olivier Smolders
Claude Miller

Production Manager:
Richard Guerry
Rémi Hatzfeld

Sound:
Olivier Brial
Pierre Mertens

Sound Effects Editor:
Jean-Pierre Lelong

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