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简介:Apowerfulandintimateportrait,JOANMITCHELL:PORTRAITOFANABSTRACTPAINTERcapturesMitchell'sindependentspiritandtestifieseloquentlytoMitchell'sart.Oneofthegreatabstractpaintersofthe20thcentury,MitchellwasanactiveparticipantofNewYork'sdynamicAbstractExpressionistsceneandhungoutwithfellowpaintersFranzKline,WillemdeKooningandPhilipGuston,aswellaspoetsFrankO'Hara,JamesSchuylerandJohnAshbery.Inthemid-fifties,shemovedtoParis,whereshewaspartofacircleoffriendsthatincludedPierreMatisse,SamuelBeckettandAlbertoGiacometti.ThiselegantlyediteddocumentaryweavestogetherinterviewswiththeacerbicMitchellandotherleadingpaintersandcritics,whilelettingherstunningpicturesdominatethefilm.StephenHoldenoftheNewYorkTimessays,"Thecanvaseshavegrandchaoticromanticism.Whilecelebratingthephysicaluniversewithanecstaticloveofcolor,theydon'tshyawayfromexpressingaharsh,feralapprehensionofnatureanditsviolence."…