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Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960)

Jacques Godbout

1964 21 min

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A film about the life and work of one of Canada's foremost modern painters. Borduas swung from religious painting to the purest of black-and-white abstraction. This film provides the opportunity to follow the development of his styles--surrealism, cubism, and automatism.

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A film about the life and work of one of Canada's foremost modern painters. Borduas swung from religious painting to the purest of black-and-white abstraction. This film provides the opportunity to follow the development of his styles--surrealism, cubism, and automatism.

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Credits

• director
  Jacques Godbout
  
• script
  Jacques Godbout
  
• editing
  Jacques Godbout
  
• producer
  Fernand Dansereau
  
  Hugh O'Connor
  
• photography
  Georges Dufaux
  
  Gilles Gascon
  
  James Wilson
  
• re-recording
  Ron Alexander
  
  Roger Lamoureux
  
• narrator
  Percy Rodriguez
  
  Stanley Jackson
  
• music
  Maurice Blackburn
  

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