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Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint (S)

Original title: Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint
Year: 1965
Running time: 13 min.
Country: United States
Director: Vincenzo Labella
Screenwriter: Vincenzo Labella
Cast: Documentary
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography: Piero Portalupi
Producer: International Classics, 20th Century Fox
Genre: Documentary | Biography. Painting. Short Film
Synopsis: This short, a companion to the feature film _Agony and the Ecstasy, The (1965)_ , focuses on the sculpture of Michelangelo. After a short visit to Caprese, where the artist was born, and the town where he first studied his craft, we see many of his most important works. They include the Madonna of the Stairs, completed at age 15; the statues of the Medici Tombs; and his two most famous Biblical figures: David and Moses.

Awards: 1965: David di Donatello Awards: Golden Plate (Vicenzo Labella)

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Prologue: The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint (S)

1965

Vincenzo Labella