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Film
documentarian
Damon Molloy
is seen here with Mark Mulleian surveying land's end at
San
Francisco's
Sutro Park for the dramatic sunset scene which ends the documentary.
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San
Franciscos
Sutro
Park, a place of solitude
to collect his thoughts and reflect under the stars. Many
of Mulleians
known paintings
were conceived here, paintings such as The Orphan, Dies Irae and
Atlantean
Pharaoh. |
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Now
after thirty
years Dirksen Molloy Productions
completed one of the most dynamic and comprehensive
biographical television documentaries on
Mulleian to date, entitled "An Artist's View".
Noted author
Leonard Roy Frank brings together an insightful
profile of the artist and his work in an interview
in which he talks about Mulleian and public
reaction to the
artist and his works. And Paul Deegan, author of
"Analysis and Revue of an
Artist's Work", introduces Mulleians
paintings, starting with a cosmic
explosion through a time
portal, with the 1987
work entitled Dies Irae. |
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The
piece is narrated by legendary Jazz
vocalist-songwriter
and singer Faith Winthrop, is featured here in
an explosive, dramatic Gallery
sequence,
unfolded by her elegant voice, unlocking
the story behind Mulleians paintings. |
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Promoter
Dirk Dirksen discovered Mulleians
work in 1974
and invited the artist as a special guest, along
with Melvin Belli, for an interview
on the San Francisco
Viacom Cablevision weekly newsmagazine, which started
off a thirty-year
relationship in the artist career. |
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Damon
Molloy is seen here with Mark
Mulleian surveying Land's End at San Francisco's Sutro Park for the dramatic
sunset scene, which ends the documentary. |
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This
was one of the most difficult
and unpredictable shots for any filmmaker to take on. Impressive sunsets
are strictly in the domain of nature and no one
else, particularly when you are shooting in a part of the world were they
dont often occur. |
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After
months of waiting for the
right time of the season and weather conditions, the Dirksen-Molloy crew
finally headed out to capture
this climactic sunset shot to be used for the dramatic scene which ends An
Artist View. The
scene was shot from the pavilion were once Sutros house stood, looking
out over the Pacific Ocean below Sutro Park. The crew waited three hours in
anticipation of a break in the fog and right lighting conditions. Molloy adjusts
his camera. As the evening begins to glow from a shifting sun and the ocean
begins to shimmer in amber sparks and opening skies flood the waters surface
with intensifying light. Within an hour clouds part to unveil one of the rarest
west cost sunsets captured on film, radiating into an ever-deepening golden
crescendo. The waiting paid off. |
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