LES BAIGNEURS
The Bathers Series I

by Michael MAZIÈRE
1986 / 16mm / color / sound / 1S / 7' 00

“Shot in Italy, the film captures fragments of a summer’s afternoon; recorded, degraded and fixed. A series of instances transformed; Les Baigneurs is a simple almost painterly piece which uses the video medium to exercise shifts in colour and pace on original Super-8. The effect is impressionistic and trancelike.”
— N. Houghton

"The Bathers Series is a series of short films initially inspired by The Bathers painting studies by Paul Cézanne. From the original idea the series developed as would a painting series or a musical symphony with different movements. Each ‘movement’ concentrates on a specific theme using a particular subject and aesthetic process."
— Michael Maziere

2 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION


distribution format 16mm
screen 1,37 - Standard (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound optical sound
rental fee 42,00 €

distribution format Digital file on server (FHD)
screen 1,37 - Standard (single screen)
speed 25 fps
sound silent
rental fee 42,00 €