Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
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Directed byHarry Rasky
Written byHarry Rasky
Produced byHarry Rasky
Narrated byJean Gascon (French narrator)
James Mason (English narrator)
Joseph Wiseman (English narrator)
CinematographyKenneth W. Gregg
Edited byArla Saare
Distributed byCBC
Release date
  • June 19, 1977 (1977-06-19)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love is a 1977 Canadian documentary film about artist Marc Chagall directed by Harry Rasky.

Synopsis

Imaginatively utilizing more than 300 mosaics, stained-glass windows, murals and paintings, plus an in-depth interview with the famous Russian artist himself, Homage to Chagall is both a tribute to and a celebration of a life of intense productivity that encompassed everything from primitive mysticism to cubist intellectuality.

Reception

Writing in the Saturday Review, Judith Crist stated in that Homage to Chagall, "the filmmaker has made magical blend of sight and sound that transcends the screen in a triumphant tribute to humanism." Crist continues that Homage to Chagall "can be seen again and again, as it should. So masterly a homage to a master is a rare and wonderful achievement."[1]

Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2][3] The Directors Guild of America awarded Rasky with Outstanding Direction of a Documentary/Actuality in 1985.

References

  1. ^ Crist, Judith (June 25, 1977). "An Un-Hollywood Spectacle". Saturday Review. Vol. 4, no. 19. pp. 40–41. ISSN 0361-1655.
  2. ^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "NY Times: Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2008.