Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head

Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head 1991 Directed by Olivier Smolders , Johan Van den Driessche Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée

The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.

Countries Belgium , France

Production Country Belgium

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Documentary , Drama

Production Companies Les Films de la Boissière , Les Films du Scarabée

Release Date 1 January 1991

26 mins