Gerhard Richter - Painting
Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 14, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMar 28, 2012
The film is sketchy as biography, but it proves an aging artist can still crackle with the electricity of youth. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMar 14, 2012
Just as a document of the sheer physical labor that goes into covering a giant canvas with color, Gerhard Richter Painting is never less than absorbing. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranJun 15, 2012
It is the achievement of Gerhard Richter Painting to shine a light on that hidden, private act as few other films have done. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 13, 2012
You will see the man toiling and revising - killing off half-good ideas, struggling for clarity - and it's a routine well worth demystifying. Read full review
80
Village VoiceAaron HillisMar 13, 2012
Gerhard Richter Painting artfully and convincingly immerses us into the world of one of the greatest, painting. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsJun 15, 2012
Mostly the movie is about process and perspective. Through the documentary lens, Richter's enigmatic paintings speak to us. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleKenneth BakerMay 3, 2012
Delivers on the promise of its title. It shows us the world's most famous living painter, who turned 80 in February, at work with greater intimacy than any other film portrait of a contemporary artist provides. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyApr 12, 2012
The man we meet is intelligent and good-humored. "They do what they want," he says with a shrug, indicating a set of just-completed canvases. "I planned something different." Read full review
70
The New York TimesRachel SaltzMar 15, 2012
Gerhard Richter may not fling paint at the canvas, Jackson Pollock-style, but as Corinna Belz shows in her documentary Gerhard Richter Painting, he can be his own kind of action painter. Read full review
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The PlaylistKevin JagernauthJul 28, 2012
As a look behind the curtain at one of the contemporary art world's biggest names, 'Painting' succeeds as far providing a snapshot of who he is in the very immediate moment. For anyone looking for anything more about Richter, his craft or his insights, 'Painting' will prove to be a half-finished canvas. Read full review
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Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaMar 11, 2012
The end results are mixed but nevertheless scintillating and provocative enough to be worth taking seriously. Read full review
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