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Pictura

1951 · 72 min

A gentle, unhurried museum tour through paintings, pleasant and educational but distant, better suited to curiosity than to immersion.

Directed by: Enrico Gras, Luciano Emmer
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Vincent Price, Gregory Peck, Harry Marble

Overview: A documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation.
How it feels: Measured and needs your attention.
About: Art, education
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Directed by: Enrico Gras, Luciano Emmer
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Vincent Price, Gregory Peck, Harry Marble

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
education
Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
anthology
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	0
Darkness	0
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	2

Cast

Vincent PriceNarrator (segment "The Lost Paradise") (voice)
Gregory PeckNarrator (segment "The Legend of St. Ursula") (voice)
Harry MarbleNarrator (segment "Francisco Goya") (voice)
Nadres SegovitaFrancisco Goya (segment "Francisco Goya")
Lilli PalmerNarrator (segment "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec") (voice)
Martin GabelNarrator (segment "Paul Gauguin") (voice)
Henry FondaNarrator (segment "Grant Wood") (voice)

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Details

Genres: documentary
Directed by: Enrico Gras, Luciano Emmer, Marc Sorkin, Olga Lipska
Written by: Frederick Kohner, Gaston Diehl, George Davis, Richard Nickson
Starring: Vincent Price, Gregory Peck, Harry Marble, Nadres Segovita, Lilli Palmer, Martin Gabel, Henry Fonda
Runtime: 72 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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