the diva film used the trope of painting as well as that of theater to disclose ambivalent responses to technological modernity in italy. in madame tallien (as well as in "la donna nuda","il quadro di osvaldo mars" or " il fuoco"),painting is primarily about the relation between artist and model. this approach invokes the story of pygmalion,the sculptor who fell in love with...
paracelsus@@@@@this just makes my day.