Review: Jack Hazan's "A Bigger Splash" Captures David Hockney's Art and Life in the Early 1970s
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Ed Halter
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A review of Jack Hazan's 1974 docufiction film "A Bigger Splash," which intimately captures artist David Hockney during his early-1970s period, focusing on his creative process, personal relationships, and the making of his iconic painting "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)." The review examines how the film blends documentary and fiction to portray Hockney's homoerotic world and artistic practice.
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· 2 pulledOne of the most acute films made about a twentieth-century artist, Jack Hazan's homoerotic docufiction A Bigger Splash (1974) takes its title from David Hockney's signature 1967 painting depicting the momentary af
When love goes wrong: director Jack Hazan captures David Hockney and his early-1970s world.
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