JUDIT REIGL. DANCE OF DEATH.

By Janos GAT

BEACH TOWN - as PROD

Documentary - Production 2024

A portrait of the Hungarian-born French painter, recognized as one of the most original artistic figures to have emerged in Europe after World War II.

    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Art - Culture, Biography
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, HUNGARY, USA
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 70 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Janos GAT
    • Synopsis
    • Judit Reigl’s Dance of Death, with a soundtrack of voiceovers by the artist and original music composed by György Kurtág, will incorporate reproductions and installation shots of works on paper and canvases by Reigl, sketchbooks, documentary material including iPhone video by her biographer, Janos Gat, objects from her studio, and both personal and historical photographs that facilitate the understanding of Reigl’s life and oeuvre. The teaser was featured in Judit Reigl’s centenary exhibition, Wrestling the Angel at the Hungarian National Gallery – Museum of Fine Arts In Budapest in 2023, complementing the first presentation of the full series of 777 Dance of Death drawings.