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Degas and Pissarro Fall Out

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Screening Information

June 1 – June 14
Online
TJFF Virtual Cinema

Film Details

Country United Kingdom
Year 1994
Running Time 28 MIN
Language English
Director Paul Morrison

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Description

A forgotten gem made for the British arts anthology series Without Walls, this half-hour drama imagines the two 19th century impressionist painters on a modern-day talk show–-exploring their friendship and historic conflict over the Dreyfus Affair. Resembling Patrick Watson’s Witness to History in its dramatization of the past, filmmaker Paul Morrison goes one step further by creating a behind-the-scenes world around the show; and in doing so, he offers up a clever satire, as timely as ever, on the medium’s exploitation of two men who are united through art, but divided over politics. For this short piece, Morrison assembled a wonderful cast, featuring Henry Goodman (this year’s Love Gets a Room), Michael Pennington, Louise Jameson (Doctor Who) and Alison Steadman (Life is Sweet).

Presentation Details

Pre-recorded Q & A Director Paul Morrison and Actors Henry Goodman and Alison Steadman, in discussion with Professor Nathan Abrams, Bangor University, Wales
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