Faculty Picks
EDVARD MUNCH
DIRECTOR: PETER WATKINS
SWEDEN/NORWAY, 1974
FACULTY PRESENTER: WAYNE WOODS—One of the most moving and insightful portrayals of the artistic process ever depicted on film, Watkins’s intensely personal biographical film recreates the struggles endured by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch. Crucified by critics and the public alike in the late nineteenth century, Munch is seen here as a young man in battle with puritanical Norwegian society and beset with various family tragedies and resultant depressions, all the while wrestling to give expression to his own artistic voice. “MUNCH is a rare jewel with many facets. One of those is its unorthodox union of sound and picture to create experiences that, while intellectually complex, are also deeply emotional. Watkins’s portrait speaks not only to Munch, but to Watkins’s own creative experience and the complexities of life and personal expression.”—Wayne Woods. (167 mins.)
School of Film instructor Wayne Woods will introduce the film.