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A Bigger Splash
A Bigger Splash
7.3
/10
458 Ratings

A BIGGER SPLASH

Directed by Jack Hazan
United Kingdom, 1973
Avant-Garde, LGBTQ+, Drama, Biography

Synopsis

A fictionalized biopic on English-born, California-based painter David Hockney and his work. A Bigger Splash follows the artist, as well as his circle of friends, and captures the agonized end of the lingering affair between him and his muse, an American named Peter Schlesinger.

Synopsis

A fictionalized biopic on English-born, California-based painter David Hockney and his work. A Bigger Splash follows the artist, as well as his circle of friends, and captures the agonized end of the lingering affair between him and his muse, an American named Peter Schlesinger.

Our take

Few films capture the madness of a breakup like this ground-breaking, semi-fictionalised account of David Hockney’s harrowing creative process. As full of dreamy eroticism as his landmark pool paintings, this is a bracingly intimate look at the British artist’s imagination—in a glowing restoration!