Film
producer Damon Molloy is seen here with Mark Mulleian
surveying land's end at San Francisco's Sutro Park for the dramatic sunset
scene which ends the documentary.
San
Francisco’s Sutro Park, a place of solitude to collect his thoughts and
reflect under the stars. Many of Mulleian’s known paintings were conceived
here, paintings such as The Orphan, Dies Irae and Atlantean Pharaoh.
Now
after thirty years Dirksen – Molloy Production completed one of the most
dynamic and comprehensive biographical television documentaries on Mulleian
to date, entitled "An Artist's View". Noted author Leonard Roy Frank
brings together an insightful profile of the artist and his work in an interview
in which he talks about Mulleian and public reaction to the artist and his works.
And Paul Deegan, author of "Analysis and Revue of an Artist's Work",
introduces Mulleian’s paintings, starting with a cosmic explosion through
a time portal, with the 1987 work entitled Dies Irae.
The
piece is narrated by legendary Jazz vocalist-songwriter and singer Faith Winthrop,
is featured here in an explosive, dramatic Gallery sequence, unfolded by her
elegant voice, unlocking the story behind Mulleian’s paintings.
Promoter
Dirk Dirksen discovered Mulleian’s work in 1971 and invited the artist
as a special guest, along with Melvin Belli, for an interview on the San Francisco
Viacom Cablevision weekly newsmagazine, which started off a thirty-year relationship
in the artist career.
Film
producer Damon Molloy is seen here with Mark Mulleian surveying Land's End at
San Francisco's Sutro Park for the dramatic sunset scene, which ends the documentary.
This
was one of the most difficult and unpredictable shots for any filmmaker to take
on. Impressive sunsets are strictly in the domain of nature and no one else,
particularly when you are shooting in a part of the world were they don’t
often occur.
After
months of waiting for the right time of the season and weather conditions, the
Dirksen-Molloy crew finally headed out to capture this climactic sunset shot
to be used for the dramatic scene which ends “An Artist View”. The
scene was shot from the pavilion were once Sutro’s house stood, looking
out over the Pacific Ocean below Sutro Park. The crew waited three hours in
anticipation of a break in the fog and right lighting conditions. Molloy adjusts
his camera. As the evening begins to glow from a shifting sun and the ocean
begins to shimmer in amber sparks and opening skies flood the water’s surface
with intensifying light. Within an hour clouds part to unveil one of the rarest
west cost sunsets captured on film, radiating into an ever-deepening golden
crescendo. The waiting paid off.
