On a train of thought...
Leslie Megahey's 1979 Schalcken the Painter has been re-issued by the
British Film Institute
http://www.bfi.org.uk/blu-rays-dvds/schalcken-painter
'Based on a short story by Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalcken the Painter was
originally shown in the Omnibus strand on BBC 2 during Christmas 1979. The
story follows a young seventeenth century Flemish painter Godfried
Schalcken, who forsakes love for ambition, but discovers that there is still
a terrible price to pay for his choice.
One of the most frequently requested programmes in the BBC archive,
Schalcken the Painter is an exquisitely shot, atmospheric horror film which
explores the uneasy, dark relationship between art, commerce and erotic
desire. The superb cast includes Jeremy Clyde, Maurice Denman and Cheryl
Kennedy...'
There is a screening next month at the National Gallery, London...
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/calendar/schalcken-the-painter
Schalcken the Painter
Date and time
Saturday 4 January, 2.30pm
Sainsbury Wing Theatre
(Leslie Megahey, 1979) colour, 70 mins, cert 15
Followed by Leslie Megahey and John Hooper in conversation with Betsy
Wieseman, the National Gallery's Curator of Dutch Paintings.
John Hooper, the cinematographer - now, there's a man who understands
darkness...
Patrick O'Sullivan
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