This documentation about Pina Bausch was so touching in 3D it took my breath away.
In almost 100 minutes Wim Wenders takes you to a great journey with an enormous intensity. And then you never want to see anything else but this movie, this dance, this movement, because it makes you happy in an extraordinary way.
Altough there are a lot of scenes which are differentiated in their deta... read more
Back in the 90’s, I was a huge fan of Wim Wenders, especially ‘Paris Texas’. Unfortunately, his last movies were far from being impressive but I keep checking his new work once in a while. However, I must admit that this documentary was quite a nice surprise. Even though I had never heard of Pina Bausch before and even though my knowledge about modern ballet is close to zero, I was certainly... read more
Description:"Pina is not a biography of choreographer, Pina Bausch, but Wim Wenders’ homage to her work by and a hymn to art. In this subtle and delicate film, the German director stands up for the most fragile values – feelings, beauty, and respect for fellow human beings.
Wenders managed to record Bausch’s most important performance"Pina is not a biography of choreographer, Pina Bausch, but Wim Wenders’ homage to her work by and a hymn to art. In this subtle and delicate film, the German director stands up for the most fragile values – feelings, beauty, and respect for fellow human beings.
Wenders managed to record Bausch’s most important performances, The Rite of Spring, Vollmond, and Café Müller as well choreography performed on the streets of Wuppertal, Germany. The entire narration blooms through these performances, and, though the film has virtually no dialogue, the dancers’ beautifully use their bodies as means of expression.
Pina taught me that it is not necessary to flood the audience with streams of words, said Wenders. She opened my eyes to all that you can say with gestures or by creating an appropriate space.
He delayed production of Pina for over 20 years to faithfully show the dancers’ space on screen. He waited until cameras enabled him to reconstruct the world created by Bausch on stage in cinematic form. Now, resorting to 3D technology, the director of The Sky over Berlin, blazes a new cinematic path. He proves the third dimension is so much more than a gimmick, once again enabling the 10th muse to be at the service of great art."... (more)(less)
“Back in the 90’s, I was a huge fan of Wim Wenders, especially ‘Paris Texas’. Unfortunately, his last movies were far from being impressive but I keep checking his new work once in a while. However, I must admit that this documentary was quite a nice surprise. Even though I had never heard of Pina Bausch before and even though my knowledge about modern ballet is close to zero, I was certainly able to enjoy this flick. Indeed, there were some really great dance bits and thanks to the film medium, you could get really close to see the expression of the dancers which is something that you miss when you see them performing on stage. I really wonder how the whole thing looked like in 3D. Like I said before, I’m far from being a fan of ballet but there is something really appealing, quite” read more
johanlefourbe added this to a list 2 months, 1 week ago
"24.11.12.
TV
Wendersin tanssijalegendalle tribuuttina toteutettua dokumenttia on ilo katsella tanssin itsensä osalta, mutta rakenne on liian itseääntoistava. Ensin kuullaan jonkun yhteistyökumppanin kehuja, sitten nähdään jonkinlainen Pinalle omistettu tanssiesitys, joka perustuu hänen esityksiinsä tai oppeihinsa. Sitten taas kuullaan kehuja. Välillä tanssin väliin editoidaan joitain arkistojen haastattelupätkiä. Kaikki menee vähän liiaksikin kehumiskerhoksi ja selkääntaputte"
"Day 28 - A foreign film
A wonderful homage from Wim Wenders to the choregrapher Pina Bausch, which I didn't know before. The choregraphies are stunning and the images are pure beauty."
Kukkakaali added this to a list 7 months, 1 week ago
"25.08.
Blu-ray, 1st viewing
DIRECTED BY Wim Wenders
Umm, yeah, I don't know. I was intrigued when I saw the film's trailer a year ago in the cinema as it looked beautiful visually and all. The film let me down big time, unfortunately. There were some cool dance sequences, especially the one with Le sacre du printemps but the whole felt a bit hollow. The interviewees just kept telling the same things really and I didn't really learn anything about Pina Bausch. Something about the film's presenta"
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