Anselm

Name: Anselm
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 8, 2023
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 82
Cast: Anselm Kiefer, Anton Wenders, Daniel Kiefer, Ingeborg Bachmann, Joseph Beuys

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Sideshow | Release Date: December 8, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Anselm Kiefer, Anton Wenders, Daniel Kiefer, Ingeborg Bachmann, Joseph Beuys, Martin Heidegger, Paul Celan

Summary: In Anselm, Wim Wenders creates a portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. Shot in 3D and 6K-resolution, the film presents a cinematic experience of the artist’s work which explores human existence and the cyclical nature of history, inspired by literature, poetry, philosophy,In Anselm, Wim Wenders creates a portrait of Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative and important painters and sculptors of our time. Shot in 3D and 6K-resolution, the film presents a cinematic experience of the artist’s work which explores human existence and the cyclical nature of history, inspired by literature, poetry, philosophy, science, mythology, and religion. For over two years, Wenders traced Kiefer’s path from his native Germany to his current home in France, connecting the stages of his life to the essential places of his career that spans more than five decades.… Expand

Director: Wim Wenders

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Catherine Bray

May 26, 2023

More a portrait of Kiefer’s work than a standard biographical study of Kiefer himself, “Anselm” is a very particular study of a singular man’s soul, told through images of his oeuvre, augmented by sensational use of archive rendered in 3D. Read full review

Robert Abele

Dec 17, 2023

The result is also one of the year’s most memorable theatrical experiences, because it’s Wenders’ return to 3-D (after 2011’s “Pina”), proving again how versatile and intimate the format can be when skillfully applied outside the genre of blockbusters. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Feb 2, 2024

You can go into Anselm knowing roughly as much as I did (very little, or less), and Wenders’ latest nonfiction portrait of an artist and their environment will work, effortlessly, because it’s just plain beautiful. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 26, 2023

This is a superbly controlled and expressed film and its high seriousness about the nature and purpose of art really is invigorating. Read full review

Donald Clarke

Dec 8, 2023

Late Wenders sits at an odd angle to the young man obsessed with wandering and with the United States. There is a sense of a busy mind eager to share enthusiasms. Its generousness is part of the appeal. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Jan 10, 2024

This is Wenders’ portrait, and as such it is as unique and thought-provoking as Kiefer’s own epic works. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Dec 8, 2023

Anselm at its most effecting shows how cinematic exhibition thoughtfully utilizing 3D can make an intimate encounter with an artist. When it’s less powerful, the experience suggests rushed cliffnotes of a fascinating life. Read full review

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