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| HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 22, 2021 |
Summary:
John Lurie reflects on life and the lessons he's learned as he paints at his home in the Caribbean.
Genre(s):
Reality, Arts, Music
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Jan 19, 2021
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Jan 22, 2021
Lurie’s six-part doc series is nothing like Ross’ show—ostensibly meant to teach painting to curious newbies—but it is instructive in its circuitous life lessons and features a similar calming and hypnotic quality, albeit much deeper, more profound yet meandering, and funnier. ... John Lurie is back (hopefully to stay?) and has released the most profoundly captivating narrative of 2021, so far.
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Jan 22, 2021
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Jan 29, 2021
The mood is mostly meditative. Plants sway in the breeze, tree frogs sing, Lurie sits and stares. Much of it is devoted to watching paint move from brush to paper, very close up, and it is pretty and satisfying. ... There is a sort of arc to the series, in that Lurie’s circumstances come increasingly, if never completely, into focus; that what we’re watching is by the end framed in a slightly different way. ... That it also concludes with the title card, “The End,” suggests we have been told a story as much as having been shown a life.
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Jan 22, 2021
Lurie is a vibrant, if grouchy, painter and a charming, if grouchy, raconteur and when Painting With John simulates a therapeutic experience for him, it's a pleasure to watch, especially with episodes all running close to 20 minutes. What you notice he misses, especially if you watched Fishing With John, is a reliable foil to bounce ideas off of.
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Jan 23, 2021
This show is incredibly relaxing and a great counter point to Joy of Painting. My go to show to put me to sleep was Joy of Painting but throw Luries takes on philosophy and I actually have something to chew on.
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