It Is of Eden I Was Dreaming

Overview

This film is an evocation of the life of the 19th century French poet Arthur Rimbaud, based on a series of paintings by Sidney Nolan. Rimbaud was always one of Nolan’s heroes. Over the years he painted many pictures of the poet. The famous artist responded enthusiastically to a suggestion by an Australian scriptwriter for a film about Rimbaud and he produced 31 large new paintings for this film together with many small crayon drawings. These works, interwoven with a wealth of drawings paintings, photographs and documents from the Louvre, the French National Library and the Rimbaud Museum at Charleville, have been combined in a filmic evocation of one of France’s most extraordinary writers.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 30, 1983

Original language

English

Cast

Sidney Nolan,Zoe Caldwell

Director

David Muir

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6035490