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Uploaded on May 20, 2011

Narrated by future Poet Laureate Cecil Day Lewis, 'Figures in a Landscape' offers a poetic portrait of sculptor Barbara Hepworth and the otherworldly Cornwall landscapes that inspired her work. Priaulx Rainier's haunting score beautifully complements the extraordinary works of art, placed in the Cornish spaces that influenced them. Hepworth had been commissioned to design sculptures for the Festival of Britain two years before this film, and remains one of Britain's most celebrated sculptors - she was made a Dame in 1965. She died during a fire at her St. Ives studio in 1975. (Alex Davidson)

The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire's major new art gallery, opens to the public on 21 May 2011 -- http://www.hepworthwakefield.org

All titles on the BFI Films channel are preserved in the vast collections of the BFI National Archive. To find out more about the Archive visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collect...

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  • rosieh101

    rosieh101 2 years ago

    Great film. I love the music. Reminds me a bit of the music that was used for The Clangers and Ivor the Engine etc

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  • downhill240

    downhill240 2 years ago

    Such beauty!

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  • chadwick smartensup

    chadwick smartensup 5 days ago

    wonderful

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  • Daniel Gunn

    Daniel Gunn 1 year ago

    shamanshit

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  • timbum1000

    timbum1000 1 year ago

    Wow.. This is really interesting and in colour!!!

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  • fordlandau

    fordlandau 2 years ago

    not wearing eye protection...and Cornwall is nothing like this anymore...

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  • ivegotafullmoon

    ivegotafullmoon 2 years ago

    The qualities of the sculpture, narration, camera work and music are entirely of their time and authentic. A great little film.

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  • mujawooja

    mujawooja 2 years ago

    facinating though the music is very distracting

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  • Cabronosidad

    Cabronosidad 2 years ago

    Woah, Barbara! No eye protection?

    Great film. Terrible music!

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