"Master of my universe? I can not say that. I even wonder if the beginnings, when one does not control much, are not the most fruitful, precisely because of these technical misunderstandings that allow for many things." - Patrick Bokanowski
"[...] Patrick Bokanoswki draws and paints regularly with his eyes closed. It is a question of being guided by the hand, the gesture, the body and the intuition rather than by the intellectual vision of what is happening." - Pip Chodorov
"The Angelis there is not there. [...] He does not reign over the scattered world in which we sometimes think he perceives it. He announces nothing. He is no doubt the messenger of anyone, except the enigmatic light, if not a hidden fire." - Gilbert Lascault, Le Monde, 08/04/1984
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Extras
48-page bilingual French-English booklet included with introductory lyrics to The Angel by Jayne Pilling, an interview with Dominique Païni, and an interview with Scott MacDonald. Also included are reproductions of many of the planning documents for the film (sketches, models, etc.).
Bonus material:
Two documentaries on the filmmaker, by Jean-Claude Lubtchansky: A creator of the imaginary: Patrick Bokanowski - Hieroglyphs (1975) & Cine-Court (1977)
