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This film is an autobiography, rather than an analytic documentary about an artist and the arts. Roland Salazar Rose, a contemporary abstract artist who paints in a variety of media, wrote and produced this video, which features him in his studio painting and discussing his philosophy of the Master Myth as a continuous path through life marked by nature’s four seasons. Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons accompanies the visual narrative.

Salazar is a better artist than a filmmaker. Salazar: The Four Seasons of the Master Myth is often confusing and repetitive, and the sound track is too loud and distracting. Nonetheless, the DVD also contains a section featuring Salazar’s 1000 Pieces of Art project and another with an interview of him. These two extra features add an important context to Salazar: The Four Seasons of the Master Myth. The 1000 works are skillfully displayed one after another. The colors are vibrant and the pacing of the display is good.

The video is part of a larger project and can be purchased as part of a box set with My Father’s Room, Salazar’s memoir of his relationship with his father.