Media Annotations: Frida (2002)
Posted on February 7th, 2008 by Belinda Loh
Theme: Artists at Work
Artists: Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera
Finder: Find it in Film
Format/Distributor: DVD, Miramax Home Entertainment
Total Running Time: 2:02:46
Suggested Levels: 9-20
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Subject Areas: Visual Arts, Art History
| Timecode |
Description of Technique and/or Work of Art Featured |
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| 00:02:59-00:03:39 |
Diego Rivera sketches a model for a part of the mural Creation (La Creacion). |
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| 00:18:59-00:19:24 | Frida Kahlo mixes colors on a palette and paints a self-portrait. The painting shown is an unfinished Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress (Autorretrato de Traje de Terciopelo). | |||
| 00:19:57-00:20:12 | Kahlo uses her sister as a model to paint a portrait of her. The work is titled Portrait of Adriana (Retrato de Adriana). | |||
| 00:23:55-00:24:11 |
Rivera views the self-portrait Kahlo has painted, the finished Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress (Autorretrato de Traje de Terciopelo). | |||
| 00:33:00-00:33:10 |
Rivera paints a large mural, using Kahlo as a model. The work shown is titled From the Cycle: The Political Vision of the Mexican People. | |||
| 00:37:23-00:37:27 |
Rivera views and discusses two of Kahlo’s paintings: Self-Portrait-Time Flies (Autorretrato-El Tiempo Vuela) and The Bus (El Camion). | |||
| 00:40:29-00:40:30 |
A painting of Diego and Kahlo is shown: Frida and Diego Rivera (Frida y Diego Rivera) by Frida Kahlo. | |||
| 00:49:10-00:49:32 |
Kahlo sketches a portrait, Portrait de Lupe Marin (Retrato de Lupe Marin). | |||
| 00:59:13-00:59:36 |
Rivera paints a mural in the Rockefeller Center; the work, Man, Controller of the Universe, was eventually destroyed. | |||
| 01:02:52-01:03:37 |
Kahlo mixes colors on a palette as she paints. The work shown is Henry Ford Hospital-The Flying Bed (Henry Ford Hospital-La Cama Volanda). | |||
| 01:18:38-01:18:53 |
A self-portrait of Kahlo is depicted, Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair (Autorretrato de Pelo Corto). | |||
| 01:26:38-01:27:22 |
A variety of Kahlo’s paintings are shown, including The Suicide of Dorothy Hale (El Suicidio de Dorothy Hale), Four Inhabitants of Mexico City (Cuatro Habitantes de la Ciudad de Mexico), What the Water Gave Me (Lo Que el Agua Me Dio), and My Dress Hangs There (Alla Cuelga Mi Vestido). | |||
| 01:43:42-01:43:54 |
Kahlo’s self-portrait, The Two Fridas (Los Dos Fridas) is shown. | |||
| 01:46:09-01:46:30 |
Kahlo paints a self-portrait titled The Broken Column (La Columna Rota). | |||
| 01:52:31-01:54:44 |
A scene of Kahlo’s art exhibition shows a variety of her paintings, including Diego in My ThoughtsThinking of Diego or (Diego en mi Pensamiento o Pensando en Diego), and Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotski (Autorretrato Dedicado a Leon Trotski). | |||
| 01:57:12-01:58:16 |
Kahlo’s painting The Dream-The Bed (El Sueno-La Cama) is depicted. | |||
| (special thanks to Kelsey Ann Blackmon) | ||||
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