M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity

Name: M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity
Genre: Documentary
Released: February 5, 2021
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Donald Coxeter, George Escher, Graham Nash, Jan Escher, Liesbeth Escher

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Zeitgeist Films | Release Date (Streaming): February 5, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Donald Coxeter, George Escher, Graham Nash, Jan Escher, Liesbeth Escher, M.C. Escher, Stephen Fry

Summary: M.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity is the story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher (1898-1972). Equal parts history, psychology, and psychedelia, Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images: diary musings, excerpts from lectures, correspondence and more are voiced by BritishM.C. Escher: Journey To Infinity is the story of world famous Dutch graphic artist M.C Escher (1898-1972). Equal parts history, psychology, and psychedelia, Robin Lutz’s entertaining, eye-opening portrait gives us the man through his own words and images: diary musings, excerpts from lectures, correspondence and more are voiced by British actor Stephen Fry, while Escher’s woodcuts, lithographs, and other print works appear in both original and playfully altered form. Two of his sons, George (92) and Jan (80), reminisce about their parents while musician Graham Nash (Crosby, Stills & Nash) talks about Escher’s rediscovery in the 1970s. The film looks at Escher’s legacy: one can see tributes to his work in movies, in fiction, on posters, on tattoos, and elsewhere throughout our culture; indeed, few fine artists of the 20th century can lay claim to such popular appeal.… Expand

Director: Robin Lutz

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 81 min

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Bradley Gibson

Feb 4, 2021

The appeal of M.C. Escher: Journey into Infinity is near-universal. It’s hard to imagine not falling under its mesmerizing spell with the same wonder that one would gaze on an Escher print and feel their mind slowly becoming part of the pattern depicted. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 10, 2021

Written and directed by Robin Lutz, this is a rare feature that takes the trouble not just to understand its subject and communicate his significance, but find ways to actually show us, visually, how his style evolved, and the principles behind that evolution. Read full review

Michael Ordoña

Feb 4, 2021

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity succeeds where so many documentaries about artists fail: It provides real insight into the art. It’s a welcome trip for those fascinated by his iconic, mind-bending depictions of illusions, evolutions and eternal cycles. Read full review

Josh Kupecki

Feb 4, 2021

The film animates a number of Escher’s creations, smoothly explaining his methodologies. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Feb 2, 2021

Lutz has composed a university lecture in its own right: educationally pragmatic and historically enlightening. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Feb 4, 2021

Whether anyone else, including Escher, would have done a more engaging job is debatable, but this movie, directed by Robin Lutz, offers an only intermittently satisfying look at his interests and methods. Don’t call it art; Escher felt his output hovered between art and mathematics. Read full review

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