David Hockney: A Bigger Picture (2009)
• June 30th, 2009 • 1h 55min
Documentary
Overview
Filmed over three years, the documentary is an unprecedented record of a major artist at work. It captures David Hockney's return to England after 25 years in California. As he approaches the age of 70, he decides to re-invent his painting from scratch, working through the seasons and in all weathers out in the Yorkshire countryside - ending up with the largest picture ever made outdoors. It is at once the story of a homecoming and an intimate portrait of what inspires and motivates today's greatest living British-born artist as time runs out. Winner of Best Essay award at the International Festival for Films on Art in Montreal and nominated Best Arts Documentary by the Grierson and International Emmy Awards. Premiered on BBC1, the documentary appears in a special extended 60' version.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Schama on Rembrandt: Masterpieces of the Late Years
Released on: 2014-10-18
Documentary
Simon Schama explains the style, theme and concept of Rembrandt's late masterpieces.
The Art of Incarceration
Released on: 2021-04-17
Documentary
Narrated by Uncle Jack Charles and seen through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victoria’s Fulha...
Pop Goes the Easel
Released on: 1962-03-25
TV Movie, Documentary
Pop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor...
David Hockney: Pleasures of the Eye
Released on: 1997-01-01
Documentary
Pleasures of the eye, David Hockney’s work has shown him to be one of the most versatile and influen...
I'm a Porn Star: Gay 4 Pay
Released on: 2016-08-11
Documentary
Welcome to the curious, surprising and always outspoken world of straight men who go Gay4Pay. Curiou...
Altamira: el origen del arte
Released on: 2018-10-23
Documentary
A documentary to 'rediscover' the so called Sistine Chapel of Rock Art and to tell the story of the ...
I, Claude Monet
Released on: 2017-02-14
Documentary
From award-winning director Phil Grabsky comes this fresh new look at arguably the world’s favourite...
Bone Wind Fire
Released on: 2011-10-09
Documentary
A journey into the hearts, minds and eyes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo - three of...
Dream Boat
Released on: 2017-06-28
Documentary
A cruise ship and 3,000 men – it is a universe without heteros and women that usually remains a myst...
The Art of Warez
Released on: 2019-07-31
Documentary
The rise and fall of ANSI art in the 1980s and early 90s. ANSI graphics were made from small rectang...
David Hockney: A Celebration
Released on: 2023-08-28
Documentary
An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist - one of Britain's most ...
David Hockney: 50 Years on Film
Released on: 2023-08-29
Documentary
Using over 50 years of archive footage, this film looks back at the life and career of David Hockney...
Margaret Kilgallen: Heroines
Released on:
Documentary
"I especially hope to inspire young women, because I often feel like so much emphasis is put on how ...
Tarnation
Released on: 2003-10-19
Documentary, Drama
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture o...
Basquiat, Une Vie
Released on: 2010-10-10
Documentary
From Brooklyn to the Bronx, Soho to Greenwich, Union Square to Wall Street... Join us and the friend...