Final portrait / a Potboiler production ; writer/director, Stanley Tucci ; produced by Gail Egan, Nik Bower, Ilann Girard.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Tucci, Stanley, director, screenwriter.

Egan, Gail, producer.

Bower, Nik, producer.

Girard, Ilann, producer.

Potboiler Productions, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966--Drama.

Giacometti, Alberto.

Lord, James--Drama.

Lord, James.

Lord, James--Film adaptations.

Male friendship--Drama.

Male friendship.

Artists--France--Drama.

Artists.

Artists--Switzerland--Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a few days. Flattered and intrigued, Lord agrees. So begins not only the story of a touching and offbeat friendship, but, seen through the eyes of Lord, a uniquely revealing insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and, at times, downright chaos of the artistic process. Final Portrait is a bewitching portrait of a genius, and of a friendship between two men who are utterly different, yet increasingly bonded through a single, ever-evolving act of creativity. It is a film which shines a light on the artistic process itself, by turns exhilarating, exasperating and bewildering, questioning whether the gift of a great artist is a blessing or a curse.

Participant:

Armie Hammer, Geoffrey Rush, Clémence Poésy.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 11, 2019).

Based on "A Giocometti portrait" by James Lord.

OCLC:

1101006478