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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play  Frank Auerbach works seven days a week and has the reputation of being something of a hermit In the past this has only been fairly true; he saw films went to the theatre and spent time with friends but these days he rarely leaves his small corner of North London  So when an exhibition of his work opened in the Kunstmuseum Bonn before travelling to Tate Britain film maker Jake Auerbach decided to go and film the show so that his father could see how it looked they set up a projector and filmed his responses to seeing the work after a break of anything up to 60 years  The result is a film that unfolds an obsessive painters personal manifesto (citing references as diverse as Morecambe & Wise Gauguin and Shakespeare) which is woven into the relationship between father and son  

Documentary about the reclusive artist Frank Auerbach. Rarely leaving his home in North London, Frank Auerbach's life, once filled with culture and experiences, is now extremely sheltered. When he was approached by the Kunstmuseum Bonn in Germany expressing an interest in exhibiting the native German's work, Frank's refusal to travel sparked an interest in his film-maker son, Jake. As Jake travelled to Germany to see his father's work, he took the opportunity to film the space so that Frank could see his pieces displayed in the museum. With a camera also recording Frank's reaction to the exhibition, Jake created this documentary which gives a real impression of the artist's process as well as the strong-as-ever relationship between father and son.