Everyman

Candle in the Dark (1986x17)

Air date: Dec 14, 1986

A Meditation on the Paintings of Georges de la Tour In the years between the wars, a mystery gradually unfolded before the eyes of the world. Thirty-eight paintings, previously lost in obscurity, were discovered and collected together. The paintings of Georges de la Tour are now regarded as among the greatest works of 17th-century art. But about the painter we know virtually nothing. All we have are a series of images, haunting tableaux, often candle-lit and usually with a religious subject. This film attempts to explore behind the surface of these mysterious works, with the help of Fr John McDaid, sj, theatre director Ronald Eyre , novelist Peter Ackroyd , psychoanalyst Linda Freeman , and the children of HOTWELLS SCHOOL, Bristol.