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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780025691
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0780025695
Label: Homevision
Manufacturer: Homevision
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Homevision
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 16, 2003
Running Time: 57 minutes
Sales Rank: 62078
Studio: Homevision
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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This well-researched documentary revolves around interviews with seven artists who were commissioned either by the U.S. military or the Army magazine Yank to document World War II. A group of nearly 100 war artists produced more than 12,000 paintings and drawings, which have been in storage and largely unseen by the general public since the end of the war. Thomas Hart Benton and Jacob Lawrence are among the best-known artists in this one-hour 1999 production, superbly directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Brian Lanker. Historical footage of the war, all of which is in black and white, is juxtaposed with the color-filled scenes rendered in the artworks. Most of the artists were also trained for combat, so they experienced the war firsthand. The paintings and drawings vary in style and subject matter, but all are profoundly evocative--the depictions of soldiers' feelings are particularly moving, capturing moments of compassion, shock, misery, despair, and tenderness. Equally intense are the verbal descriptions of the seven surviving artists about their experiences during the war. This program is highly recommended for all audiences, although some may find the depictions of real combat harrowing. --Anne Barclay Morgan
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Some say humans have a need to produce art. Prisoners make it; rural people with few resources produce it. Thus, it may be unsurprising that soldiers would produce art. However, the jaw-dropper for me was that Eisenhower and top military officials sought out artists and that the American people bought or supported their creations. At a time when both photography and film were available, the country encouraged soldiers to produce paintings and drawings. Wow!
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