Matisse

Between 1950 and 1955 Henri Langlois tried to produce on behalf of the Cinémathèque française several films devoted to great artists with their cooperation by entrusting them with virgin film stock Wrote Langlois on the unfinished project epic in scope We had the idea of asking poets painters scholars writers and even repressed filmmakers to make films in 16mm with the means at hand without taking into account any commercial concern or censorship What precious little came of the project was eight minutes of film from Matisse and twentysome from Marc Chagall released at a later date