British director Mike Leigh capture “the sublime, anarchic” JMW Turner (1775-1851) ‘Mr. Turner ‘, a film that exposes the human side of the painter , considered as one of the best landscape of all time.
In a tape 149 minutes, Leigh, with an award-winning work includes ‘Secrets and Lies’, ‘Vera Drake’ or ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’, explores the “complex and contradictory” personality London artist he admires from I was a student of art in the sixties.
Back in 1998, when it was ‘Topsy Turvy’ its only other historically film, came to tell the story of Turner, “a giant among artists , determined and prolific revolutionary in its outlook and clairvoyant, “he said.
His initial readings confirmed to him that the fascination with light painter had a personality worthy of being examined with the challenge of confronting his “anarchic, erratic and vulnerable, selfish and sometimes insincere” character with “sublime epic and his” beauty.
That tension never leaves the screen in ‘Mr. Turner ‘, the film which opens on December 19 in Spain and is strong candidate for the Oscar and the British Bafta.
The film with a stellar cast of actors “character, not play themselves” -matizó the director, covering the last quarter of life of Joseph Mallord William Turner, when, among other things, he painted “‘The Fighting Temeraire ‘(‘ The Fighting Temeraire ‘), for many his masterpiece.
Saddened by the death of his father, in this period the painter begins a relationship with the widow Sophia Booth, who he settled in London’s Chelsea, carrying a Double Life that his faithful assistant and responsible for their study, Hannah, one discovers when he is on the verge of death.
At this time, traveling, painting, patterns related to art, visit brothels, stands out as member of the British Royal Academy of Arts -there in the film scene with a curious true rival John Constable- despises his ex-lover Sarah Danby and his two daughters and common becomes a artist so praised and vilified by the public and royalty.
A scene at the Royal Academy when Queen Victoria describes one of his works as “dirty yellow chaos” is based on real events , like the rest of the film, Leigh defined as “a responsible but imaginative evocation “of the artist’s life and times.
” Obviously, it’s not a documentary, it’s a drama, “he said, and said the script, which he also wrote, is based on the rigorous research art historian Jacqueline Riding , specifically hired to oversee the film.
Timothy Spall , one of the favorite actors Leigh offers a master Turner incarnation, subtly reflecting the mix of sensitivity and selfishness and presenting often immersed in their world and with a strong tendency to growl .
“For all we know, Turner could be morose and taciturn, but also eloquent in language embellished with classic, funny and poetic references, and yes, we consists emitting strange noises” said Director
Along with Spall, complete the cast other regular actors in productions of Leigh, as Dorothy Atkinson in the role of Hannah suffered Danby.; Marion Bailey , as Mrs Booth.; Paul Jesson , as the father of Turner; or Ruth Sheen , as Sarah Danby.
Although also appear actors who had never worked with filmmaker Joshua McGuire among them, in the role of the critic John Ruskin pompous, Leigh admits that he likes “the familiarity” roll with interpreters known , of which admires his ability to “grow the character.”
Despite be about a historical figure The award-winning manager 71 years think that ‘Mr. Turner ‘”is completely consistent” with his previous work : “share the same concerns about life and death, relationships between men and women and between parents and children, or the passage of time” he said.
And, as in his other films, Leigh experienced when shooting this film “ journey of discovery “, which concluded with the feeling which can share the spectator of “have learned a lot.”
About the things that you note changed after making the film, noted that perhaps now look at the sky “otherwise”. “I think that I appreciate more light” he said.
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