M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (DVD)

M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity tells the story
of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher
(1898-1972). Equal parts history, psychology,
and psychedelia, Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eyeopening
portrait gives us the man through his
own words and images: diary musings, excerpts
from lectures, correspondence and more (voiced
by British actor Stephen Fry, Gosford Park),
while Escher’s woodcuts, lithographs, and other
printing techniques appear in both original and
playfully altered form. Two of his sons, George
(92) and Jan (80), reminisce about their parents
while musician Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills &
Nash) talks about Escher’s rediscovery in the
1970s. The film looks at Escher’s legacy: one can
see tributes to his work in movies, in fiction, on
posters, on tattoos, and elsewhere throughout
our culture; indeed, few fine artists of the 20th
century can lay claim to such popular appeal.