A Bigger Splash
First screened in April 2012
Director: Jack Hazan. Cast: David Hockney, Peter Schlesinger, Mo McDermott, Celia Birtwell, Henry Geldzahler, Kasmin, Mike Sida, Ossie Clark, Susan Brustman, Patrick Proktor, Betty Freeman, Nick Wilder, Joe McDonald, Eddie Kalinski. Screenplay: Jack Hazan and David Mingay.

Twitter Capsule: Spindly, semi-sunlit metafiction starring David Hockney, edited like a Roeg mystery and scored like a ghost story.

VOR:   You don't hear much about it, but besides its huge interest for Hockney fans, it's an unusual, original take on how major gallery artists can self-represent on screen.



Photo © 1973 Buzzy Enterprises/New Line Cinema

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


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