It is not a mere documentary recording of a painter at work but a film maker commenting in his own signature way about artistic and natural processes(and all of his signature touches are here, Spirit of the Beehive fans will recognize this as the same haunting sensibilty that made that great film).

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Los hago muy a menudo, siempre rellenos de carne de membrillo. Año: 1992. The painter has attempted to capture the tree at its most beautiful and failed and yet Erice finds his beauty and poetry in the solitary and perhaps futile attempt to capture or preserve anything from the inevitable decay of time.
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2001. In Spanish, Polish, Mandarin; English subtitles.

But - watching this masterpiece you lose time and after film you have obtain peaceful, spiritual satisfaction! One of the best, who is about painters or artists! Check out zetes's 9/10 review of "El sol del membrillo" Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events

Encuesta sobre el amor – Comizi d’amore 1965. Screenplay by Víctor Erice, Antonio López. 1992. And V.Erice did it with so ascetic way - one home, one forecourt, one small tree as model - and all happened over two hours. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Directed by Víctor Erice. There's a problem loading this menu right now. It is a bit esoteric in nature and i am fairly certain that young artists or painters may not be completely enthralled with the speed or concept of the film - it seems more appropriate for audiences that understand Lopez's work. I became absorbed in the entire process from beginning to end.

(1991) El sol del membrillo. Very highly recommended. If you would like to reproduce text from a MoMA publication or moma.org, please email [email protected].

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I came to it via Spirit of the Beehive, Victor Erice's first film, made in 1973. To find out more, including which third-party cookies we place and how to manage cookies, see our privacy policy. The film explores Lopez-Garcia's legendary intricate working methods as well as his conversations with family, friends and admirers.

15. The film follows the great contempoary Spanish painter Antonio Lopez-Garcia as he paints a Quince tree in his studio backyard.

SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, ...The Dream of Light ( El Sol del membrillo ) ( Quince Tree of the Sun ). Relleno Pisar el dulce de membrillo con el vino hasta obtener un puré. Antonio Garcia Lopez comes across as a master craftsman, an utter perfectionist who would like to paint a Quince tree in his backyard but its not just the tree itself that fascinates him but rather the way the light hits it at a certain time of early afternoon.