Michelangelo: A Self Portrait

Although this was made in 1989, and the format is 4X3 low resolution, the content was absorbing for me. It deserves a remake with current technology. It looks poor on 2K or 4K screens.

Despite all that, it is the words that carry the power, rather than the visuals.

The film comprises mainly an English language voiceover reading Michelangelo's own words from his letters or other writings, alongside film of his creations, with background music mainly from Monteverdi.

It would have been better if there was additional text on screen showing the approximate date (or even the year, along with his age approximately at the time ) when the words were written, as sometimes there are long gaps not explained properly by the words.

Michelangelo experts may not be satisfied by this production, but for the casual viewer with an interest in Renaissance maestros this is profoundly good stuff.