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We know quite a few names from looking in big art encyclopedias and we know how much theses artists are appreciated, but do we really know what they actually achieved ? We know who Nietzsche is, we've heard about Dostoevsky and we nod when we hear the names Richard Wagner or Vincent Van Gogh. In fact, it would be hard to find someone who has never heard of Van Gogh, but are theses names still relevant today or have they lost all significance ? The portrait of contemporary painter Sam Dillemans, The Madness of Detail, aims to answer that question. To Dillemans, Van Gogh, Rubens or Goya are not painters of the past, but painters of the present. They inspire him everyday and their overwhelming genius sometimes even depresses him. Dillemans is not only a very talented artist, he is also a gifted speaker. We see him in his studio creating a painting, a self-portrait, and in the meantimes he tells us about his life and work, how it is connected to cultural history, the sacrifices he makes for his painting and how we can learn to look at paintings in the right way.

Belgium - 2007 - 46 mn - Betacam Digital • 16/9 - Colour

Director Luc Lemaître Script Sam De Graeve Camera Philippe Van Puyvelde Sound Bart Maes, Geert Engels, Hugo Hermans Editing Yoohan Leyssens

Production Woestijnvis, Harensesteenweg 228, 1800 Vilvoorde, Belgique Tél : +32 2 303 3500 Fax : +32 2 303 3505 E-mail : info@woestijnvis.be

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