Walking on Water

Name: Walking on Water
Genre: Adventure, History, Comedy, Documentary
Released: May 17, 2019
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 63
Cast: Christo

2019

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| Release Date: May 17, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Christo

Summary: Ten years after the passing of his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, Christo sets out to realize The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before. Boasting uncensored access to the artist and his team, Walking on Water is an unprecedented look at Christo’s process, from the inception through to the completionTen years after the passing of his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, Christo sets out to realize The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before. Boasting uncensored access to the artist and his team, Walking on Water is an unprecedented look at Christo’s process, from the inception through to the completion of his latest large-scale art installation, a dahlia-yellow walkway atop Italy’s Lake Iseo that was eventually experienced by over 1.2 million people. The film takes the viewer on an intimate journey into Christo’s world amid mounting madness – from complex dealings between art and state politics to engineering challenges, logistical nightmares, and the sheer force of mother nature. Captured through breathtaking aerial views and fly on the wall camerawork, we watch the artist’s vision unfold, and get to know the man chasing it. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Andrey Paounov

Genre(s): Adventure, History, Comedy, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Peter Rainer

May 24, 2019

Whether you deem this project an extravagant boondoggle or a masterpiece, you have to admire Christo’s tenacity in finally making it happen, as chronicled in the documentary Walking on Water. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Sep 8, 2018

The artist’s forceful character does battle with technology, bureaucracy, corruption and the elements, resulting in an installation of stunning beauty and a documentary that delights in capturing the act of creation. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Jun 6, 2019

The documentary has a pleasing offhandedness. The same cannot be said of its subject. Christo, who turns 84 on June 13, is precise and highly directed. Read full review

Ken Jaworowski

May 16, 2019

We spy on an artist who races around like a mad scientist, and who seems comically befuddled by technology. His passion is genuine, as is his sense of wonder. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jun 27, 2019

Walking on Water not only shows the artist in action, it gets at why these gimmicky and despite what he says (“We never repeat ourselves!”) repetitive thematic artworks are so popular with the public, and have been since the 1960s. Whimsy on this scale is hard to find. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

May 27, 2019

The documentary might make you believe in miracles, considering how tedious — if not impossible — this interactive artwork comes across. Read full review

John DeFore

May 14, 2019

Though it starts uneventfully, the doc perks up in its second half, highlighting the kind of practical headaches nearly no other artist in the world has to contend with. Read full review

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