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A glimpse into the life of sculptor Don Seiler during the creation of a ten-ton concrete commission, in honor of Olympic swimmer Mark Spitz, for the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, in the early 1970s.
Supporting Carter Lord's The Enchanted on the All the Haunts Be Ours: Volume 2 Blu-ray is this rather dull documentary short, one of only a handful of films that Lord ever made. The subject is sculptor Don Seiler, whose creation of a ten-ton statue of a swimmer is detailed, an admittedly impressive piece of work that was commissioned to honor Olympic gold-medalist Mark Spitz and to adorn the outside of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Seiler pretty much just talks about whatever comes to mind as we see footage of his labors building the armature and then slathering it with concrete and refining it. The only bit that I found of interest was when he…
Meandering nonsense about a (now deceased) artist. You can see more of Don Seiler’s work on his website. The short does bring some local flavor to the director’s “The Enchanted.”
Yes, I am saying that as an artist, any filmmaker out there can absolutely film me. Lol. I will give you a weirder art piece and interview 😜
Feels kind of abstracted kind of like the sculpture itself. I think a big part comes from the technical limitations of recording the sound separately. I could only get a vague sketch of what was being said. Given the look of the film, I wonder if there wasn't interview footage that didn't turn out. The music was definitely the best part of this.
I mean, I’m impressed by the actual sculpture; I don’t think I could make anything like that. I guess there are two reasons this made into All the Haunts Be Ours Vol. 2.
1. It’s by the director of The Enchanted 2. It’s shot in a sort of regionally atmospheric kinda way that makes it feel sorta folky, so it halfway qualifies.
Other than those two things, I’m not really sure that this was a necessary inclusion in the box set when there are plenty of other folk horror discoveries I (and probably many others) would have preferred.
All in all it’s an okay documentary at best. The voiceover is pretty hard to understand most of the time, so it…
Watched because it was a short film included in All the Haunts Be Ours, Volume II. Would never have watched in the first place, will never again. Why is a short film about a sculptor explaining what he is doing included in a folk horror box set?
Movie Madness rental Folk Horror Vol. 2 boxset. Located in the Bonus section of THE ENCHANTED, this short film shares that feature film's director. This is a day in the life of a sculptor documentary. He's making something to honor am Olympic swimmer. Interesting and shot in a location with lots of personality and charm. It's cool seeing a glimpse into real life, but otherwise unnecessary viewing. Still, it's neat seeing a sculpture come together. 3 stars.
A short doc feature by Carter Lord about a local artist making a sculpture of a swimmer in ´72. It’s not got a whole lot going on other than seeing the process of pouring the concrete. It’s a borderline industrial piece of art, both the sculpture and the doc.
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