The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
- Directed by
- Richard Lyford, Robert J. Flaherty, Curt Oertel
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Germany, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a black and white documentary from 1950 about the Italian artist Michelangelo. It shows his paintings and sculptures and talks about his life and work.
slow-pacededucationalreverentcontemplativeformalinformativeclassical
What happens
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is a 1950 German documentary film about the painter and sculptor Michelangelo. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The film was a re-edited version of a German/Swiss film of 1938 originally titled Michelangelo: Life of a Titan, directed by Curt Oertel. The re-edited version featured a new English narration by Fredric March and a musical score onto a shorter edit of the existing film. The new credits include Richard Lyford as director and Robert Snyder as producer. The film was edited by Lyford. The Academy Film Archive preserved The Titan in 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Pictura: An Adventure in Art (1951)
Michelangelo: Love and Death (2017)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.