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Goya On Screen
28 April – 15 July 2012
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Program Brochure
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Pera Film’s Goya: On Screen program parallel to the exhibition Goya: Witness of His Time presents a visual and narrative journey into the life and works of the artist Francisco de Goya (1746-1828). The selected films of this journey include: a passionate narrative directed by the master of cinematic colors Carlos Saura, his Goya in Bordeaux; a detailed visual and intellectual documentary by Robert Hughes, Goya: Crazy Like a Genius; a fictional, imaginative story exploring the love between Goya and the Duchess of Alba – The Naked Maja starring Ava Gardner; an opera based on Goya and his life by Gian Carlo Menotti, one of the most influential composers of American opera of 20th century and lastly the 1984 production of TVE’s impressive miniseries: Goya. Overall, the program through the language of film explores different genres, stories with extraordinary viewpoints concentrating on one of the most unique artists of European painting and a pioneer of modern painting: Francisco de Goya.
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