🎬 Documentary

Artists Must Live

"Little in life comes free: one question that should be asked of any art form is who's paying for it."

1953 28m Dir. John Read

About this movie

Art historian Basil Taylor presents the film and interviews several of its subjects, in between leisurely sequences surveying paintings and sculptures to the strains of the BBC Radio Orchestra.

Quick facts

Year
1953
Runtime
28m
Genre
Documentary
Director
John Read
Language
EN

Cast

👤
Reg Butler
Self
👤
Clifford Ellis
Self
👤
Patrick Heron
Self
👤
Ivor Hitchens
Self
👤
Rodrigo Moynihan
Self
👤
John Piper
Self
👤
Basil Taylor
Self - Narrator
👤
Keith Vaughan
Self
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Artists Must Live has a runtime of 28m ( and 28 minutes).
Artists Must Live was directed by John Read and released in 1953.
Artists Must Live is a Documentary film (1953).
The cast of Artists Must Live includes Reg Butler, Clifford Ellis, Patrick Heron, Ivor Hitchens, Rodrigo Moynihan.

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