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Scomparso nel 1994 alla veneranda età di 97 anni, il pittore belga Paul Delvaux è stato l'esponente più longevo della prima generazione di pittori surrealisti. In questo documentario diretto da Adrian Maben, Delvaux rievoca la sua famiglia e alcuni episodi particolarmente significativi della sua vita, espone le sue concezioni artistiche e ripercorre le fasi salienti della sua lunga carriera. Delvaux spiega che buona parte del suo microcosmo espressivo deriva da alcuni ricordi giovanili e il documentario fa vedere come queste memorie siano entrate a far parte delle sue opere. Le immagini mostrano il pittore come un uomo ancora giovane (le prime riprese risalgono infatti al 1945, quando l'artista belga aveva 48 anni) e alcuni angoli poco noti dello straordinario Musée Spitzer.
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Paul Delvaux: The Sleepwalker of Saint Idesbald (1987)
58 min
Until his death in 1994, the twentiethcentury master Paul Delvaux was the last surviving member of the first generation of surrealist painters. In this portrait, he reminisces about his family, himself, his art and the various phases of his career. He explains that all his visual ideas are derived from childhood memories and the film shows the way in which these scenes have been incorporated into his work. The painter is seen as a young man (the earliest footage dates from 1945) and the film includes some unique shots of the extraordinary Musée Spitzner.