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A Test of Violence (1969)

6.5/10 0h 14m Jan 01, 1969
Documentary

Stuart Cooper's short about the work of Spanish artist Juan Genovés is an inspired introduction to the works of this extraordinary artist, exploring its minimalist aesthetic and storytelling qualities through a variety of cinematic techniques, including rostrum, animation, news footage and live action recreations.

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Movie Details

Original Title A Test of Violence
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.0

Key Crew

Editor Alex Rayment
Director Stuart Cooper
Music Paul Glass

Keywords

art

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 5/10
Jun 6, 2025

This takes quite an interesting look at the paintings of Spaniard Juan Genovés but I found it rather submerges them in a little too much confusing artistic gimmickry that rather overwhelms the artistry in a blur of augmented and sometimes quite oblique graphics and imagery. His paintings, when they ... Read more

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Release Date January 1, 1969
Runtime 0h 14m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.0
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