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Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head

Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée

Release: 1991-01-01 ·Runtime: 26m ·★ 4.2
Documentary Drama

The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.

Production Countries

Belgium

Production Companies

Les Films de la Boissière
Les Films du Scarabée