From the Notebook of...
Shot in Florence, the film draws on Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and Paul Valéry’s essay on da Vinci’s creative process to explore parallels between Renaissance space and the moving image. Beavers employs rapid pans and tilts along the city’s facades, interspersed with glimpses of his own face, linking camera movement to the filmmaker’s investigative gaze. The work marks a turning point in his practice, foregrounding presence and perception as central to his method. (Note: The film was re-edited and re-released in 1999.)
From the Notebook of... (1972)
Robert Beavers
At a glance
Countries
Italy, Switzerland
Ratings
TMDB users
6.3/10
14 votes
Rating consensus
63/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~63/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Robert Beavers
Himself
Gregory J. Markopoulos
Himself
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From the Notebook of... (1972)
Robert Beavers
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