Beuys

Name: Beuys
Genre: Documentary
Released: January 17, 2018
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Andy Warhol, Caroline Tisdall, Franz von der Grinten, Johannes Rau, Johannes Stüttgen

2018

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: January 17, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Andy Warhol, Caroline Tisdall, Franz von der Grinten, Johannes Rau, Johannes Stüttgen, Joseph Beuys, Klaus Staeck, Rhea Thönges-Stringaris

Summary: Thirty years after his death, Joseph Beuys still feels like a visionary and is widely considered one of the most influential artists of his generation. Known for his contributions to the Fluxus movement and his work across diverse media — from happening and performance to sculpture, installation, and graphic art — Beuys’ expanded concept ofThirty years after his death, Joseph Beuys still feels like a visionary and is widely considered one of the most influential artists of his generation. Known for his contributions to the Fluxus movement and his work across diverse media — from happening and performance to sculpture, installation, and graphic art — Beuys’ expanded concept of the role of the artist places him in the middle of socially relevant discourses on media, community, and capitalism. Using previously untapped visual and audio sources, director Andreas Veiel has created a one-of-a-kind chronicle: Beuys is not a portrait in the traditional sense, but an intimate and in-depth look at a human being, his art and ideas, and the way they have impacted the world. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Andres Veiel

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Simon Abrams

Jan 18, 2018

Veiel’s refreshingly open-ended approach invites you to find your own answers. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 21, 2017

Beuys isn’t a film that lays out, in simple, clear terms, what he and his work are about. But Veiel does manage to refresh our memories of Beuys, and let the man — in his own (subtitled) words, re-make the case that art is “a blow against the enemy,” a revolution. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jan 16, 2018

Even if you don’t need Beuys justified or explained to you, the movie is an exhilarating portrait of a unique truth-teller. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Fagerholm

Jan 18, 2018

So vague is the picture about the meaning of the artworks it presents that they proved to be of little interest to me, until I researched them afterward. Far more compelling is Beuys himself, with his signature hat, haunted gaze and outspoken belief that art can be a vehicle for communication. Read full review

David Lewis

Mar 7, 2018

The unconventional Joseph Beuys, one of the pillars of the modern art movement, gets an unconventional tribute in Beuys, a zigzagging documentary that is both illuminating and opaque. Read full review

Robert Abele

Feb 22, 2018

Andres Veiel's documentary Beuys, plays like a fan's flip book divorced from meaningful resonance. Read full review

Oleg Ivanov

Jan 15, 2018

The film fails to seriously address Joseph Beuys voluntarily joining the Hitler Youth and serving with the Luftwaffe. Read full review

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