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Caravaggio's Shadow

The boys she loved transforminto biblical characters, but they remain morallymorally...

The boys she loved transform
into biblical characters, but they remain morally
morally abject

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The boys she loved transform into biblical characters,
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but they remain morally morally abject.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
01:44:33
Uploaded
Apr 24, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
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Movie Summary

The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
Sir, you looked at my art, but you didn't see it. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
Sir, you looked at my art, but you didn't see it.
Because blind faith has blinded their eyes. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:05
Because blind faith has blinded their eyes.
Those abject figures, as you call them, are my God. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Those abject figures, as you call them, are my God.
- He speaks as if the sacred doesn't exist. - The bodies I portray are sacred. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
- He speaks as if the sacred doesn't exist. - The bodie...
I object! You paint evil, disease, death, violence, putrefaction. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:08
I object! You paint evil, disease, death, violence, putrefac...
No, I'm looking for new forms, new colors, new ideas. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
No, I'm looking for new forms, new colors, new ideas.
Blasphemy! You speak as if the Church of Rome didn't exist. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Blasphemy! You speak as if the Church of Rome didn't ex...
The nobles who commission his paintings are rich because we let them. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
The nobles who commission his paintings are rich because we ...
We're the ones who pay for his paintings. You exhibit them in our churches! - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
We're the ones who pay for his paintings. You exhibit t...
Everything belongs to us. We decide everything! - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Everything belongs to us. We decide everything!
The renunciation of his art, the very act of painting. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
The renunciation of his art, the very act of painting.
We cannot tolerate their paintings on our altars. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:05
We cannot tolerate their paintings on our altars.
But painting is my life. If you take it from me, you take my life. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
But painting is my life. If you take it from me, you take my...
No, we'll remove your painting to save your life. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
No, we'll remove your painting to save your life.
No, I get it. I get it now. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
No, I get it. I get it now.
The Church of Rome is afraid of a painter! - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
The Church of Rome is afraid of a painter!
I'm sorry. You understood my art and you're afraid. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
I'm sorry. You understood my art and you're afraid...
In Rome, the executioner is waiting for him, and we don't want to hand him over to the executioner. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
In Rome, the executioner is waiting for him, and we don'...
Michelangelo Merisi, you are much loved. We don't want martyrs. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
Michelangelo Merisi, you are much loved. We don't want ...
- My agreement is to save you. - I don't want to be saved by you! - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
- My agreement is to save you. - I don't want to be sav...