Product Details

• Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kultur Video
• VHS Release Date: June 26, 2001
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00000I1HR
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,310 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a fascinating, but all too short film..., December 14, 2000

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diego Rivera: The Age of Steel [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The first section of this short (30 minute) film is in black and white, and contains footage of Diego Rivera working on his mural for the Detroit Institute of Art in 1932, as well as interviews of people who were there with him at the time. It's incredible to see him painting this vast project, using nothing bigger than pie plates for a palette.

The second part, in color, shows the entire glorious mural as the camera pans around the building, and then shows each piece individually, as selections from Rivera's writings that explain some of his symbolism are read. What astounds me most is his use of perspective, and the expressive quality of the figures...it's pure genius.