The PaintingMovie
The Painting intercuts shots of traffic navigating the old-world remnants of downtown Bern, Switzerland, with details from a 15th-century altarpiece, “The Martyrdom of St. Hippolytus”. The painting shows the calm, near-naked saint in a peaceful landscape, a frozen moment before four horses tear his body to pieces while an audience of soigné nobles look on; in the movie’s revised version, Beavers gives it a comparably rarefied psychodramatic jolt, juxtaposing shots of Gregory Markopoulos, bisected by shafts of light, with a torn photo of himself and the recurring image of a shattered windowpane.
About The Painting
The Painting is a 1972 documentary movie directed by Robert Beavers.
The production information lists a runtime of 20m, production credits from Switzerland, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Gregory J. Markopoulos. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
