My Vanity- David Hockney outtake 58/80

[@lucianopavarotti2843]

Greatly enjoyed the full documentary and each of these outtakes sheds new light. All together, an important testament. Thank you.

[@brunowollheim1525]

Thank you!

[@Baypointify]

Hockney's career has been an amazing feat, and moving to california was only one element -- he also painted in styles and subjects that were not in the mainstream of art, but he made it work anyway. I most appreciate his early draughtsman skill, his virtuosity -- that in his later years, he seems to abandon. Instead he looks to Picasso and Van Gogh for direction. Not the necessary art of our time, but impressive nonetheless. These clips are great, thank you

[@colugapictures7529]

Hi there, glad you like them! From 2001 to 2013, when we were in close contact and David was in England, he was intent on working in a faster more fluid way - Picasso and VG definitely on his mind, Munch and Monet too. So some distance from the slow, painstaking working methods of the 60s and 70s. However drawing never went away, no to my mind his virtuosity. My documentary features a sketchbook of roadside grasses, his charcoal sketches of cut timber of 2013, another drawing of a row of trees also come to mind. By the way, how did you come across these outtakes?

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@@colugapictures7529 i was thinking of his early pencil or color pencil drawings of friends like Celia Birtwell. In his color pencil drawings, lines were often over-drawn with various colors to make a very rich contour. really liked that. his recent drawings are great too but loosely drawn, impressioist as you say like Monet. My criticism of Hockney is worth what it cost you. But critic Robert Hughes, who liked Hockney, said words to the effect: Hockney is often mistaken by the public for their Mozart, when he is more like their Cole Porter. i found your videos from "hockney" as a search. I've seen the documentary Bruno Wollheim made (are you he?) which was excellent! only question is why did you show his cook driving the car and well how can i say this -- luxuriantly picking his nose. Did you hate each other or something?

[@colugapictures7529]

@@Baypointify Yes, this is Bruno. Glad you liked the doc. You're the first to mention the nose-picking! John hasn't, nor David. Perhaps it's to do with trying to make an unvarnished film, though more likely it's about what is being said at the time... Those pencil drawings are exquisite. Cole Porter, very good. Both M and CP are geniuses in their own way, as is DH, all have the unconscious capacity to channel feeling.

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@@colugapictures7529 wow! so good to meet you Bruno! you made a great film which I've seen several times -- it gave me access to Hockney's daily life that would of course be impossible otherwise. and I know this was a huge effort to produce. I only wish you could do it again -- they say Hockney is in Caen now, as you must know. he has smoked cigarettes since birth and god knows how long he'll be on this earth. best wishes from Provincetown! xo

[@colugapictures7529]

@@Baypointify Thanks for the appreciation. I still have a faint hope to make a longer version, perhaps with a short postscript. Cheers, B