Product Details

• Directors: DPM
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: February 10, 2004
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00019G8CO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,105 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: PIET MON - DVD Movie

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Why did they even make this!?, March 5, 2004

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Jeffery Mingo (Homewood, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piet Mondrian (Artists of the 20th Century) (DVD)

This is the most disappointing documentary that I've seen in ages. This was really nothing but an art appreciation lecture burnt onto a DVD. Nothing moves in this work because it's all just his artwork and nothing more. No scenes of Paris or Northern Europe at the time; no Victorians nor Edwardians attending art exhibits; nothing. There are two self-portraits of Mondrian. There are no photographs of him nor his family. As an artist, he seems to have moved from expressionism to abstraction/avant-garde work. Mondrian is principly known for the latter, yet this DVD focuses on the former. Further, the narrator never says why Mondrian switched artistic styles. That would have made a great discussion, particularly if it would have been historicized a la the change of the centuries. However, this was not done. I almost like the artist less because of this poor study. His spirit should leave its grave and sue the makers of this awful DVD!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Narrated slide show with biography & work analysis, December 3, 2007

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Eugene Tenenbaum "reluctant reader" (Bronx, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piet Mondrian (Artists of the 20th Century) (DVD)

This documentary presents hundreds of works by the artist. It is a narrated slide show. The commentary is very detailed, competent, and comprehensive. It includes extensive biography mixed with a very professional painting analysis encompassing influence of other artists with examples of their works. The quality of video and sound is good.