M.C. Escher Documentary (by CINEMEDIA-NPS-RNTV) [1999]

This is a fantastic documentary about M.C. Escher' life produced by CINEMEDIA in co-production with Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS) and Radio Netherlands Television (RNTV) in 1999. [ All M.C. Escher works are copyrighted by Cordon Art B.V., Baarn, the Netherlands, and The M.C. Escher Company, B.V. All Rights Reserved - Official website: www.mcescher.com/ ].

[@zovalentine7305]

Learned about him studying architecture in High School; fascinated ever since ❤

[@wimaardewerk]

Very pleasant professional voice-over by Tony Wilkinson

[@Visualimpactsystems]

They definitely did a great job putting this documentary about M.C. Escher together.

[@MiaFeigelsonGallery]

I can't find the words to thank you enough for having uploaded this Documentary to KZbin, it's undoubtedly one of the best Art Documentaries I've ever watched !!!

[@joeegbert9808]

+Mia Feigelson try typing into GOOG search bar " Anamorphic by MC Escher , you should enjoy it . Joe

[@SNROPQUEYR]

Maurits Escher was above genius - Could you imagine if he took architecture as his career - Steps going up - at the same time - going down - Emerging inside out & outside in - Eventually twisting upside down - Finally taking shape - Downside Up -

[@wiffleone]

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[@kraiglarson3144]

Is Kove to cosit rhat jouee ot rent it hmm HELLO hmm???

[@MiaFeigelsonGallery]

Joe, I've just read your suggestion, I'll certainly do so , thank you so very much !!!

[@adrienperie6119]

Once again the beautiful potential of KZbin is demonstrated by an awesome upload. Congratulations sir, you brightened five thousand people's day, thank you.

[@Visualimpactsystems]

A creative genius that 'transformed' art-definitely ahead of his time!

[@mr.evasion]

No. MCE ok. Most people living in the past.

[@mr.evasion]

All great souls show us the world for what it is... And it takes guts to stand and stair......

[@xSCHEF]

the 5 people disliking this video are still trapped in the Esher staircase :(

[@fyka2902]

22 are now stuck in Escher's portrayal of hell.

[@mariaceciliawolfcruz3239]

These dislikes could have been done by mistake, they are forgivable.

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

good one

[@paultorbert6929]

maybe they disliked the adverts that are so obtrusive and loud.......

[@marshsherrif2824]

i am trapped on that staircase with Spike Milligan. its 4 o'clock

[@universallovepeaceharmony2258]

The best doc on M.C.E. So far for me. Excellent soundtrack to accompany this genius…🥸😇😈

[@winstonfosdick9887]

Been a fan since the early 70's... Thanks !!!

[@goyensjonathandjalmoztfr33]

In my opinion He was not only a great artist he was prophetic .

[@zovalentine7305]

Rest in peace 🙏 M.C. Escher 17 June 1898 ~ 27 March 1972⚘

[@sabihatanveer8494]

always admired his work, a great insight in his personality this, thanks

[@armanchitect]

What an interesting figure! Thank you for sharing this documentary with us.

[@paulettemackenzie-dubuc6927]

I am amazed at the exquisite precision of his works, so clever and sometimes with a sense of humor. He's one of a kind!

[@bigoli2001]

Been a fan since I was a child. Always thought there was a sadness to his work. This documentary shed light on that.

[@mr.evasion]

Agreed. Dream/Reality The Artist asks of YOU where to draw the line

[@wonderbars36]

His early ones really showed that. Big time isolation-related depression in some of those. The smoking skull with top hat is still up there for me, along with the clouds in that landscape one.

[@michaelahnotlob-iksrepok6572]

Oh man. What an amazing man he was. Thank you for sharing this amazing documentary.

[@ArchitecturalAesthetics2046]

great documentary. Little details such as Escher's self-loathing notes regarding his cigarette smoking in his diaries lent this great artistic mind much humane touch.

[@candidogalicia6502]

The auto caps are so off that at 25:09 I turned them off in order to be able to see the original caps. I usually avoid watching capless vids. But I have many young and old fond memories of his fantastic art. His art is like a book that is so interesting that you can't stop reading it even though you can't understand half of it. So far the the works shown here - that I've never seen before have been very worth watching.

[@Karloffrules]

A singular perspective. Thank you uploader, a thank you so, Mr. Escher. Breathtaking.

[@SOLTYgty]

How can things so intricate and accurate be carved from wood! My absolute idol!

[@daigreatcoat44]

This is a great documentary, which I've only just stumbled across by chance. I've always loved Escher's work, and it's good to see him treated so sympathetically. I also enjoyed the surreal subtitles -particularly bizarre while Escher is speaking in Dutch. I intend to transcribe these, and in the process invent an entirely new kind of poetry. What a deaf person would make of the film doesn't bear thinking about. Thank you very much for making the film available.

[@googleinc6033]

This makes me feel so much better about myself, he kept drawing and drawing even tho he didn't have a job and he didn't care about society's pressures and just followed his instinct, he never gave up and eventually became a master at his medium which allowed him to focus on ideas later on, the combination of his skill + passion for geometry and his hard work made his work masterpieces, but it took him a lifetime, he only started to get recognition towards the end of his life. I just feel bad for the lack of sensitivity towards his depressed wife, probably caused by the lack of vitamin D which is common in the Netherlands and possibly menopause plus complete lack of attention from him...

[@alexthomson7465]

Wow! Thank you!

[@justbrowsingtheweb7791]

this documentary was great, love the notes from his journal, humane underneath it all but extremely dedicated to his work

[@Kara-kx1lb]

Back in the 1990's our shop use to sell his t-shirts. At first I really didn't like them. Then I started looking at his work. And I thought WoW, these are extremely awesome!!!

[@notsure4508]

fantastic video, Escher is one of my favorites

[@adamweilergurarye5422]

Amazing ducomentary, thank you for uploading

[@JulianGrayMedia]

Fantastic documentary of one of the greatest artists that ever lived!

[@Poemsapennyeach]

Wonderful documentary. Could not be better., thank you...but had to smile at some of the over-lapping translations.

[@DaniloEtn]

incredible how this amazing and so well produced documentary of this HUGE artist like Escher have got so few visits, this should be on he top 100

[@bettyflipkowski235]

Danilo Etn 2ßßßw

[@imaloserdude7227]

I am amazed at the breadth of his skills, as artists nowadays need a team of people, each specializing in a discrete task, yet MCE could do it all: vision, drafts on paper, carving the block from wood, and printing copies onto paper. Amazing dude.

[@VRSVLVS]

this film moves me deeply.

[@crustycobs2669]

An unbelievable genius like the Einstein of art, full of intricate puzzles

[@aryehfinklestein9041]

What a wonderful film! thankyou.

[@ironpirites]

Beautiful film. Escher said that it would be hard to say why he like the Italian landscape but to someone with more distance it seems obvious that the verticality of it, standing up like a canvas in front of one and displaying a collection of all kinds of contrasting textures and shapes, would have appealed to his sensibility, in contrast to the Dutch landscape, which is all flat.

[@mr.evasion]

And very little of that boring snow

[@DrWhom]

well there's the Beekse Bergen, surely these are mountains

[@candidogalicia6502]

Some countries have more respect for old architecture. Italy for example.

[@hansolo2121]

@@candidogalicia6502 The Dutch have more respect for their native old architecture than almost any other country in the world. Cities like Amsterdam, Leiden and Haarlem are some of the best preserved 16th and 17th century cities in the entire world. Visit Haarlem and you are literally walking in a museum time capsule of a centuries old city that has been lovingly maintained for centuries by the local people. Escher as a Dutchman grew up with this Dutch mindset of looking at and respecting their architectural history.

[@ionu2731]

how can someone dislike M.C Escher his so underrated

[@g.j.koster1986]

He is still looked down on in the ART world today!

[@g.j.koster1986]

@Wenceslao Futanaki Very true, although I work in the field of art myself. ;)

[@DrWhom]

@@g.j.koster1986 Yes, but we have to admit that his figures were twee, reeking of the petit bourgeois he hailed from. I have never quite understood why he made these fantastic metamorphic landscapes and then peopled them with garden gnomes and giggling newts. My best hunch is that he actually had a keen appreciation of high art and this was his way of needling the pretence that permeates that world.

[@danbeaudet6718]

A true visionary artist! He actually foresaw (and influenced) the digital imaging we see today.

[@BraniusBalki]

You are always awesome Kate.

[@cocovinzmcmurphy7947]

Excellent documentary about this genius Escher was. Grazie

[@sharonjack7239]

Excellent video. Pure long-living intense creativity is not always accepted/understood by a mate. Especially, if the mate has no passion of her/his own. Most often, a true genius works alone. Thank you for sharing this video! USA

[@bentleygt3716]

GREAT Documentary. i enjoyed every minute of it THANK YOU.

[@ranjanjoshi3454]

Thanks lovely film insightful

[@chetrok1]

He is and will always be my original favorite artist, as an artist...i never wanted to immitate just harness the sight of his abstract works if possible

[@g.j.koster1986]

Watching a documentary like this makes me proud to be European but also make me sad seeing it decline so rapidly.

[@roryradio]

Great doco, I want to be more like MC!

[@shariarnold9649]

This video was very well done...Escher has always intrigued me. What a genius...what an artist. I loved every minute of learning about this incredible artist. Thank you!

[@kellysartthrob]

Thank you for uploading this documentary. Enlightening.

[@nozecone]

Wonderful.

[@formercanadiancitizen4756]

What a genius, can’t wait for the release of the new doc!!!!

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

An creative genius... I love his work...

[@voices_vary]

Exquisite execution of very highly complex perspectives, this work is of true genius. It's also devoid of any human connection. He was a genius, and also very alienated.

[@flyingfishsurf]

As long as we are bound by time, Escher shall remain ahead of it.

[@squiremuldoon5462]

The important lesson here is that if you wish to be a great artist, it helps to have wealthy parents.

[@Talvec12]

@Wenceslao Futanaki Very well said.

[@DrWhom]

it is generally quite helpful in life to be moneyed

[@LordMobias]

What an amazing man and an amazing documentary. Thanks for posting.

[@heidik-lady8135]

Wow that documentary was very well done & interesting. 👍🏆🙋

[@Visualimpactsystems]

Jess, The light grey subtitles are 'burned' into the video, but you can turn off the "computer-generated" ones. While your mouse is hovering over the video, in the bottom right there should be a "CC" icon. Just click on it and the subtitles will disappear (click on it again to get them back). [ Note: The "CC" icon may not appear until after playing the video for a minute or so ].

[@itumelenglefafa7111]

Beautiful 🤟🏾❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@StephenS-2024]

Excellent video. Thanks much.

[@sphereandlowthing3836]

BEAUTIFUL! THANX

[@dianaefzz2504]

Thank you for this documentary, it helped a lot with my artproject inspired by Escher!!

[@pratishthabatra8904]

Thank you, thank you so much for this!

[@blackcorp0001]

Wow...what a fascinating artist

[@allgood6760]

Thank you👍🇳🇿

[@paulettemackenzie-dubuc6927]

Intriguing subject matter presented in a quirky way enjoyable to say the least. Been a fan since I bought three prints at a very minimal cost, the hands drawing each other, classic night and day and mud puddle. I still can't understand the math but after a hoot I stare at them for hours!

[@rupertshean]

My favourite artist

[@kevinsysyn4487]

Just his skill at carving is beyond me. But to have conceived such things that cannot be and carved them... Esher is the very picture of being in class by himself.

[@LarsSobiraj]

great job, thanks for producing this documentary

[@gus3247365]

Mc Escher was a genious , unevened to this very day ...He gave birth to so many artistic Ideas . I have been inspired by Escher many a time and I think any real artist was as well .Another Fresian.

[@davidcurtis7547]

M C Escher was such an amazing man . Defying gravity and perspective as he did . He could make anything climb from his ink well ,himself inluded

[@perfectinstructions9005]

I love the subtitles for when Escher is speaking XD

[@arjanterveen9534]

Hij was een tipisch voorbeeld van welgemanierdheid,deftig,zie perfect accent, zoals men vaker in die tijd in de lage landen tegenkwam;uitermate gediciplineerd met gevoel van eigenwaarde,romantisch op zichzelf,hoogbegaafd...

[@eggheadusa]

My favorite artist hands down style and substance

[@SIRNUTSO]

THANKS FOR posting!!

[@NoahsUniverse]

I think I can really understand what Escher was trying to show us with his magnificent creations. The world is all of a certain substance--a crystalline substance of which is of magnificent structure, and from this mathematical structure fractals out something infinitely into the endless complexity of chaos. And perhaps the same is to be said about ourselves?

[@bankruptbritain6103]

Absolutely brilliant film

[@faithandheart9780]

like the piece MC Esher did called "Ascending"

[@xinxinli8779]

Thank you !!!!

[@ha-shop3626]

Just fascinating!!

[@SOCKS_RABBIT]

in eighth grade, my geometry teacher had that mc escher sketch of a man holding a silver ball-the one where it gives the room a fisheye-like perspective-and i sat to the far right and front of the room for two quarters, so every time i looked forward i was staring at it. i liked that class because the teacher was really funny and i got to hear the older kids making jokes and almost feel included in it, and i remember i used to check out and just stare at the artwork while i thought of a life for that man. i used to walk up from the middle school campus alone and because i have short legs and would take my time so it usually took me the whole five minute passing period. in the narrow walkway behind the softball field on the way up i would pause or sit or look up, and i had two imaginary friends that would join me-a bird and a butterfly-and in my head i’d tell them all about the class, the picture, how the clock ticked. i didn’t know what the sketch was from or who it was by until i went to new york later that year and saw a great big billboard with it and “M.C. Escher” written across as well, and i almost felt like my little imaginary world got the surprise spoiled. anyway, after eighth grade i let the imaginary friends fly away so i could grow up a little bit, and about a full year later from the new york trip i sat in the same classroom for some student council business and read the teacher’s huge book about mc escher when she left the room. i haven’t thought of him in a while, but when i do, i think of the stories i would invent about that picture, and new york, and 8th grade, and the start of high school, and now i’m here. Very interesting indeed

[@SOCKS_RABBIT]

Girl ain’t no one gonna read this 1200 word essay double spaced times new Roman size 12 font

[@e.a.wtzipporah1192]

Amazing film about a genius there is no like m.c. Escher and there will never be anyone like m.c. Escher

[@k2blades019]

This was great! A happy ending too!

[@lordpalfdeflapdrol828]

heel erg mooi. grappig om een engelse documentaire van een Nederland te zien

[@clevernamehere]

When I started dating my now fiance I told him good luck bc mc Escher doesn't have shit on my walls... And sadly he didn't get it... This was more of a joke than truth but still... I love this man, artist, inspiration!

[@TomInterval]

Who are the two people who gave this video a thumbs-down? I swear there are people out there hired to dislike KZbin videos no matter how brilliant they are. If you disliked this video, and you were not paid to do so, what is your problem? It moves beyond preferences or likes. You're either patently stupid, have some other mental ailment, or, as I wrote, are literally paid to give the thumbs-down. In any of those cases, stay the hell off of KZbin until you can receive the psychiatric help you need.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofaa115]

Maybe two people's fingers just brushed the wrong button at the wrong time. That's sadly happened to me a few times.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofaa115]

Or, maybe the people who gave "thumbs down" are not fluent in English, and are just upset that this video didn't have subtitles in their language. That's the only legitimate reason I can think of for voting down.

[@TomInterval]

Hi YT Cyberpunk. Good points! I didn't think of it that way. Thanks for your thoughts.

[@wege8409]

51:11 This sounds like the nervous laughter of a man who is hiding something, and I love that so much. What a weird guy.

[@deloeckerdanny]

Great documentary, but the added subtitles are often incorrect.

[@thepaulhenderson]

Ar 17:54 you can see the wooden bird model (on the table) that will later be the subject of his "Another World."

[@nyakimovich]

"Life with a capitol L" ❤

[@jam63112]

If he had access to computer graphics I guess his work would have been much more amazing. But it is already. I love this documentary

[@DarkMoonDroid]

Imagine what would have happened if he'd found out about fractals.

[@terrywestbrook-lienert2296]

Intriguing bio.

[@McKinleyMorann]

Phenomenal Score to this. Ron Ford according to the credits? Anyone any more info or can identify any other music used throughout?

[@jesssutton4599]

Is there any way to see this without the computer-generated subtitles? They are really annoying, especially when they attempt to transliterate Dutch into English, over the real subtitles... Such a shame! Thanks v much

[@MixturexD]

Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) Rest in peace.

[@strawberryfields5074]

Why did they take such a creepy approach with the script and the music in this documentary? It's eerie AF, like a horror movie

[@jobeLewOOH]

new release coming 5/4/2021 on blu ray from Kino Lorber of 2019 documentary "M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity"

[@MsOrgonomics]

SOMEONE HAS TINKERED WITH SUBTITLES - I wonder if the maker might fix this since it is otherwise a very interesting piece.

[@spiritualcramp8000]

One of my fav. artists. he was so lucky to have the right teacher. if you see De Mesquita (teacher) artworks you see how much he was the right man in the right place. as Aristotelis and Pluto used to say, teaching is the most important job in classic society, unfortunately today teaching is one of the less payed and rewarded jobs, that shows the decadence of our society.

[@NOVAsteamed]

A genius and a great inspiration.

[@knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625]

It almost seams like his drawings were all first attempts without any scraps or mistakes.

[@davidmiles-hanschell]

A wonderful documentary that does justice to an amazing artist;I can't ignore the fact that his teacher at art school and family among thousands of other Dutch citizens were being gassed. Sorry!