Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada
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Tom Neff
Diandra Douglas
Amie Knox
| Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada | |
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 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Tom Neff |
| Screenplay by | Tom Neff |
| Produced by | Olavee Martin Tom Neff Diandra Douglas Amie Knox |
| Starring | Beatrice Wood |
| Cinematography | Steven Wacks |
| Edited by | Barry Rubinow |
| Music by | John Rosasco |
| Distributed by | PBS |
Release dates |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000 |
Beatrice Wood: Mama of Dada is a 1993 documentary film written and directed by Tom Neff about the avant-garde Dada artist Beatrice Wood.[1]
The documentary details the life and work of the artist Beatrice Wood, particularly her experiences as one of the members of the art movement known as Dada during the 1910s. It also recounts friendships with Marcel Duchamp and Henri-Pierre Roché whose book, and subsequent film Jules and Jim, was no doubt inspired by the relationship between the three of them, but actually based on a later relationship between Roché, Helen Grund and the German writer Franz Hessel.
Various art consultants, artists, and owners of art galleries who have exhibited Wood's art consulted on the film and were interviewed.
Interviews
- Beatrice Wood - Artist
- Francis Naumann - Art Scholar and Art Dealer
- Rupert Pole - Literary Executor
- Lee Waisler - Artist
- Garth Clark - Art Gallery Owner
Background
The film, shot in 16mm, premiered on March 3, 1993 at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles to coincide with Wood's 100th birthday. According to the Los Angeles Times, guests that celebrated Wood's birthday and viewed the film included Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson, Michael Medavoy, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Tippi Hedren, Leonard Nimoy, Estelle Getty, Paula Prentiss, Deborah Raffin, and others.[2]
Distribution
The documentary was broadcast on PBS on the American West Coast on October 1, 1993 and was shown in the Spring of 1994 on the East Coast.
