Title: Monster in the Forest: The Story of the Cyclop
Running Time: 57 Minutes
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: June 27, 2006
"Bear witness as a legendary but near-forgotten work of art returns to life as filmmakers Louise Faure and Anne Julien tell the remarkable story of sculptors Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle's awe-inspiring work - The Cyclop (picture to the left) . Constructed in a park on the outskirts of Paris and comprised of winding metal stairways, working fountains, and narrow footbridges, The Cyclops houses a variety of noisy gears and compelling gadgets designed by such renowned artists as Eva Aeppli, Larry Rivers, and Jean-Pierre Raynaud. A breathtaking monument to creativity that was twenty-years in the making, The Cyclop features all the defining traits of a sculpture created as part of the Nouveau Realisme movement, and has endured to serve as a shining example of Tinguely's "anti-museum" approach to modern art."
Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Trailer for the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deimrBq1Mv0
"The film tells the story of an exceptional artistic adventure: the creation of the Cyclop by Jean Tinguely with Niki de Saint Phalle and their artist friends between 1969 and 1994, in a forest near Paris. Jean Tinguely wanted to prove that work of art is not a finished creation, bur has its own life with an array of possibilities: the work of art itself can be capable of creation. A text written by Niki de Saint Phalle and interpreted by Jeanne Balibar, as well as an interview of Jean Tinguely shot in the Cyclop and original archives accompany those who lived through this adventure."
A video of the Cyclop can be viewed here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHF_bXfoThw.