Turner, when the artist is having a heated discussion. Turner 2014 timothy spall and dorothy atkinson in mr. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. This film explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric british painter j. Led by a masterful performance from timothy spall and brilliantly directed by mike leigh, mr. But the movie leaves no doubt about the omnivorous eye, trained on nature or art, that drove turners ambition. Turner is far more than merely an explosion of color and toned nuance for the eye. We are then introduced to his father back in england. This is a movie not only about one particular artist, but about art as both a field of human endeavor and an object. Turner to offer an observation or two concerning critics as much as film artists. Im prompted by writerdirector mike leighs sublime portrait of the 19thcentury painter j. Turner movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies.
This film explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric british. In the new film the theory of everything, stephen hawkings father frank glances at a j. Turner, the exceptional film mike leigh has made about him. Turner provides enough major beats to follow the artists life, but the lack of explanation shows that leigh is looking at a much bigger picture. Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives mr. The conflict is subtle and not marked by histrionics or dire acts. There is plenty of action, just not of the physical sort that we see too often. The moviegoer is given the point of view of what the painter might be.
Turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist j. Mr turner isnt the first time he has looked to the past nor to real historical figures. At times, viewing director mike leighs lovely film is like seeing a landscape painting put into motion. Often described as the painter of light, turner was part of the romantic school of. Buy movie tickets in over 60 countries at plus interviews with the people who make the movies you love, internati.
The films title character is one of many such characters in mr. Turner stars timothy spall, dorothy atkinson, marion bailey, paul jesson the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Turner is an illustration, if not defense, of the creative process, whatever it may be and whatever it may yield. Turner 17751851 are outlined as a solitary stroll against the ocean, cliffs or fields. Turner and bypass the lines by buying movie tickets online. Timothy spall is a giant as the eccentric victorian painter in this visually. The radio times tribute to 50 years of the groundbreaking comedy group. Turner, but his sensibility is largely the same, striving to capture the temperament of the man and his. Turner does resemble topsyturvy in its meticulous yet vibrant recreation of the past and its everexpanding thematic amplitude. Written and directed by mike leigh, the film stars timothy spall in the title role, with dorothy atkinson, paul jesson, marion bailey, lesley manville, and martin savage. It premiered in competition for the palme dor at the 2014 cannes film festival, where spall won.
A former barber, he now buys provisions for the house and helps mix paints for turner. Turner is a harsh, strange, but stirring movie, no more a conventional artists biopic than robert altmans wonderful, littleseen film about van gogh and his brother, vincent. Director mike leigh specializes in intimate cinematic portraits, so theres something delightfully ironic about how hes chosen to make his latest film, mr. At times he seemsto put it in a modern wayto be not quite wired. Times of india turner was known for his use of light and yet, his own life had plenty of melancholic shades. Turner, mike leighs revelatory new film, ruskin joshua mcguire.
With timothy spall, paul jesson, dorothy atkinson, marion bailey. Turner 2015, story, trailers times of india movie mr. Turner, the captivating mike leigh movie about the last years in the life of audacious british painter j. Mike leigh movie mr turner forced to film in cornwall instead of margate.
Timothy spall plays the cockney painter, who imbued often outwardly unremarkable panoramas with an intensely spiritual feeling thats intriguingly hard to match up with the man we see before us onscreen. Some scenes depicting british landscape painter, joseph mallord william j. The real reason to make this a mustsee of this holiday season is to. He slurs to a young woman at a posh dinner party one evening in between mouthfuls. Check out which movies are releasing on dvd and bluray today, including star wars. Turner explores the last quarter century of the life of the great if eccentric british painter j. An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, british painter j. An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if. The real reason to make this a mustsee of this holiday season is to wallow in the oscarworthy acting talent. Turner is one of the most rhapsodic foreign films you may ever see. This is a movie not only about one particular artist, but. Turner is a superb film for anyone who is interested in art and a marvelous revelation to anyone who, like me, has revered turners works for years. Turner is a 2014 biographical drama film based on the last 25 years of the life of artist.
Turner timothy spall lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes. Turner was a great movie, the visuals scenes within the movie were as rich as turners paintings. Turner is an impressive accomplishment, laudable for the way it uses the figure of a single artist to explore both art and cinema. Though he and his parents are admirers and collectors of good paintings and steadfast champions of the films hero, j. Turner is rated r for sexual situations, and will be released by sony pictures classics on dec. While theaters are closed, some data on this page may be delayed or unavailable. Sign up for eventful s the reel buzz newsletter to get upcoming showtimes and theater information delivered right to your inbox. Garfield and turner ignite the screen in this bristling drama of lovers whose problems just begin when they do away with her husband kellaway.
Turner, arguably the greatest of british painters, was an uncommonly difficult man, and mr. It is, after all, a mike leigh film and mr leigh doesnt do conventional. Turner is a master stroke movies detroit metro times. Cains original story mostly for censorship purposes, the film packs a real punch and outshines the more explicit 1981 remake. Now, with mr turner, the british director of naked and secrets and lies takes us back to the nineteenth century and the later years of. My only regret that the dvd was not available in a region 1 format, so that more of my fellow north americans could view it more readily.
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