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Back in 1934, while he was on the dole, Paul Cadmus "The
Fleet's inn" . A Hoganhian painting of sailors and whores having a good time, was withdrawn from an exhibition because it offended an admiral. This event became a national scandal, but the painting was not displayed again until 1981.
The elderly Cadmus, being reticent in manner, was a difficult subject for film-maker Sutherland. But he persisted,
cultivated the painter's confidence, and finally won from him an insightful presentation of his methods and some pungent
comments about an, life and morality.
MIFF 1984
MIFF 1984