"Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle" (Preview)

This is a preview of a film done by Chuck Smith and Ari Marcopoulos in 1999. Forrest Bess was a visionary painter who lived in Texas, sold bait for a living and firmly believed that hermaphrodism was the key to immortality. In the film, actor Willem Dafoe is the voice of bess. For more info contact "producerchuck@gmail.com"

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• Forrest Bess
• Forrest
• Bess
• Texas
• Painter
• Hermaphrodite
• Visionary
• Ari
• Marcopoulos
• Willem Dafoe
• Willem
• Dafoe
• Robert Thurman
• Robert
• Thurman

[texaswader]

When I was a young boy my Dad did a lot of fishing on East Matagorda Bay and he would buy bait from Mr. Bess. I met him numerous times at his "bait camp" but I was just a kid and knew nothing of him being an artist. He was just a nice man who sold live shrimp and who would have blue crab for sale now and then. He gave my Dad a painting of a strange looking pelican or at least that's what it looked like to me at the time. Looking back I know it wasn't a pelican but something else entirely.

[artsyone1]

Awesome. Where can we find the whole film?

[jameskalm]

One of the most fascinating and enigmatic artists America has ever produced. I story that is as tragic as it is unforgettable.

[muttbuttdotcom]

fascinating- I hope you'll post more!

[capnquirky]

This is quite fascinating. I'd love to see more.