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| View Larger Image | Chuck Close - A Portrait in Progress
by Philip Glass, Ken Kobland, David Leitner, Mead Hunt, Grace Tankersley
Directed by Marion Cajori
Starring Robert Rauschenberg, Philip Glass, Kiki Smith, Alex Katz, Jasper Johns
Homevision
| | List Price: | $19.95 | | Price: | $17.99 | | You Save: | $1.96 (10%) |  | | Available: | In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. | | | | | Sales Rank: | 15060 | | Release Date: | December 16, 2003 | | Rated: |  | | Running Time: | 57 minutes | | Theatrical Release: | January 09, 2009 | | Studio: | Homevision |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 9 reviews)
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Captures the essence 
This is a refreshing documentary. The camera dwells at great length on the sheer beauty of the paints as the artist applies them, while the artist, his wife, and various colleagues discuss the ideas underlying his work. The rest of the narrative is well nourished with interesting imagery from the artist's life and the work of the other artists whose portraits he has painted. The editing was excellent -- the amount of information was satisfying but not overwhelming. The film provides an excellent overview of an intriguing artist who has overcome astonishing obstacles in the pursuit of his vision.
June 15, 2007 | |
Watch a master at work 
We get to know the artist as he moves through the process of creating one of his amazing paintings. If you don't know Chuck Close, I'd say it's time you did.
May 21, 2007 | |
A Good Intro to HS Portraiture
I'm an artist and art teacher, and each year I read the book, "Chuck Close Up Close" to my high school Art I students and follow up by showing this movie. As another teacher pointed out, some parts simply move too slowly, and I've gotten around this by doing some fast-forwarding. (This also allows time for discussion in our 50-minute class periods.)
Still, I consider "A Portrait in Progress" a good introduction to the whole artistic process, and the kids have a window into the life of a contemporary artist and better understand how they'll be approaching their own self-portrait work.
January 07, 2006 | |
a bit slow-paced for my high school students 
I bought this video because I wanted my high school students to gain some inspiration and motivation before we embarked on our own self-portraits using the grid method. I read other reviews that claimed the video had students engaged from start to finish. Well, something must be wrong with my students because I showed it in two different periods and in both classes I had more than half the students falling asleep or putting their heads down!! Those that paid attention stayed awake by doodling or doing homework. Maybe it was my fault by not assigning notes or a worksheet on the video but I wanted my students to just relax and watch some good art in the process. They relaxed, alright!
I enjoyed watching the video but I found the sound to be distracting because you hear so much of the background that I had to strain to listen to the dialogue. The video is also a bit slow-paced but that may be due to how we are conditioned by today's media that uses snippets of video and audio in a fast-paced editing format (and our decreasing attention-span).
May 13, 2004 | |
fantastic
amazing to see chuck's work in progress. anyone would be facinated watching this man's dedication to his medium. Until you see it, ya can't believe it.
March 16, 2004 | |
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