Anselm (2023) in 3D
Director: Wim Wenders Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Anselm Kiefer, Anton Wenders, Daniel Kiefer
Country: Germany
Language: English, German
About the film:
Premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
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, dir. Wilm 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.
“Anselm is ultimately an extension of Kiefer’s ‘protest against forgetting,’ as it reminds us that art is an act of remembrance.”
—Greg Nussen, Slant Magazine
About the filmmaker:
Wim Wenders is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. He has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and The Salt of the Earth (2014). He won a BAFTA Award for Best Direction for his narrative drama Paris, Texas (1984), which also won the Palme d’Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival. Many of his subsequent films have also been recognized at Cannes, including the Best Director winner Wings of Desire (1987) and his recent feature Perfect Days (2023), which competed for the Palme d’Or and won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.
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