A Bigger Splash

A Bigger Splash (1974)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Melodrama  |   Release Date - Oct 31, 1973 (USA - Unknown), Oct 31, 1973 (USA)  |   Run Time - 106 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Don Kaye

A true oddity that cannot escape its dated origins, A Bigger Splash is a fictional film in which all the actors play themselves. David Hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up with a boyfriend, leading his friends and his art dealer to worry about him. Eventually, Hockney begins a new painting, using a swimming pool as a canvas, in which he draws a picture of a man floating in the pool while his lover stands outside and stares. Made in 1974 but unreleased until a decade later, A Bigger Splash paints a vivid picture of the "Swinging London" art and gay scenes of the early 1970s.

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artist, boy, creative-block, friendship, homosexual, love, lover, painting