FACES
MOUNTAINS WITH SUBTITLES
ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT FILMS
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
THE ENDLESS SUMMER
FIGHTING
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
VARGTIMMEN
CONTE DE PRINTEMPS
THIS IS A BOOK OF 20 DRAWINGS OF
SCREENSHOTS FROM THE FILM THE FRENCH
CONNECTION (1971) BY WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
48 PAGES, 8.25 X 5.75" (A5)
FIRST EDITION 2009
SOLD OUT
A FEW REMAINING COPIES AT MOTTO BERLIN
AND ONLINE AT HALF LETTER PRESS
ABOUT THE BOOK
This issue of Screenshots is concerned with only one scene: The film's central car/elevated train chase, as reflected in Gene Hackman’s face. The book presents a series of portraits of Hackman’s cop on the hunt. The watercolors focus exclusively on Hackman’s facial expressions, while the actual car and the context of the chase remain strictly peripheral and undepicted. An homage to the power of acting (it is a scene free of gimmicks, quick cuts and other means of distraction), this series lays bare the visceral intensity and clear focus of Gene Hackman’s art.
PAGES 8 AND 9
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER (ORIGINAL SIZE 11 X 16.5"), 2009
PAGES 18 AND 19
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER (ORIGINAL SIZE 11 X 16.5"), 2009
PAGES 22 AND 23
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER (ORIGINAL SIZE 11 X 16.5"), 2009
PAGES 24 AND 25
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER (ORIGINAL SIZE 11 X 16.5"), 2009
PAGES 34 AND 35
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER (ORIGINAL SIZE 11 X 16.5"), 2009