Cassis is a little town, down south of France on the eastside of Marseille,
along the "Mer Méditerrannée" on the begining of what is called "French Riviera".
Jerome Hill (1905 – 1972) was an American filmmaker and artist.
Beginning in the 1930s, Jerome Hill made his main residence in Cassis, a
scenic port town on the Mediterranean Sea, in front of the dramatic
cliffs of Cap Canaille. Cassis became the heart of his creative life, the inspiration
for many of his paintings, a backdrop for his films, and the center of
his social and artistic life.
In Cassis, Jerome Hill began experimenting with film and motion picture cameras.
In Cassis, Jerome Hill began experimenting with film and motion picture cameras.
Filmmaking soon
became
his main artistic activity, in addition to painting and music
composition.
Film Portrait
(1972), his masterwork and cinematic memoir, is a diary film in which
he presents his life and milieu through old home movies and newly-staged
scenes, many hand-colored and animated.
and "Cassis" is a 1950' movie as an autobiographic sketch
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