Austrian painter Ernst Fuchs combines realism with fantasy in his work. In this film he is seen in his studio and shows off his magnificent Art Nouveau villa. He talks about his life, his work and his obsessions with womanhood and the symbol of the Sphinx. His belief in the mystical tradition of the Jewish culture, which, like Chagall, he is perpetuating, also emerges.
Impressions of Herbert Von Karajan – A Documentary on the Maestro at 70.
Impressions about Herbert von Karajan
Commanding the podium with his slender figure, theatrical shock of hair and penetrating blue eyes, Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) projected the hieratic image of the conductor as officiant of some quasi-mystic rite. And anyone who ever saw him conduct live or on his many audiovisual recordings will agree that in his performances, music did indeed become a religion and Karajan its high-priest. Karajan embodied classical music in the general consciousness as an epoch-making conductor, media star, opera producer, festival director and festival founder. But in spite of his Promethean and widely varied activities, he remained a superb conductor, with a grasp of the standard orchestral and operatic repertory from Mozart to Schoenberg that was unsurpassed among his peers.