Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head

Name: Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Released: 1991-01-01
Duration: 26 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Christian Courtois, Alexandre von Sivers, Lémi Cétol, Catherine Aymerie, De Pauw Barbara

Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée

5.2 (5)1991-01-0126m

DocumentaryDrama

Overview

The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.