Deception by Design

Name: Deception by Design
Genre: Documentary
Released: 29 Sep 2015
Rating: 5.00
Cast: Hardy Blechman, Adam Harvey, Paul Gough, Peter Forbes, Richard Slocombe

Artists and the military might seem strange bedfellows, but painters, sculptors, photographers and set designers have played a critical but little-known role in modern warfare. Despite resistance and often ridicule, artists were recruited in both the first and second world wars to devise ways to protect troops and deceive the enemy by using their artistic skills and intimate knowledge of perspective, illusion, shadow and movement. Inspired by nature and influenced by the modernist art movements of their day, camoufleurs created bizarre decoys, dummy tanks and elaborate sets to conceal military installations. They painted thousands of ships in bold, arresting stripes and patterns to confuse enemy submarines. When war went hi-tech there was no room for artists, but over the past few decades artists have reclaimed camouflage for their work.

Year: 2015

Genre: Documentary

Studio: Jonnie & Kate Films

Director: Jonnie Morris

Cast: Hardy Blechman, Adam Harvey, Paul Gough, Peter Forbes, Richard Slocombe, Jean Louis Cohen

Crew: Rose Hesp (Writer), Jonnie Morris (Director), Jonnie Morris (Writer), Sophie Meyrick (Writer)

Runtime: 58 minutes

Release: Sep 29, 2015

IMDb: 5.00/10 by 1 users

Popularity: 1

Country: Australia

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