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  • 2023
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2023
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 33 m
Anselm

Summary In Anselm, Wim Wenders creates 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,...

Directed By: Wim Wenders

  • 2023
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2023
  • Janus Films
  • 1 h 33 m

Anselm

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Summary In Anselm, Wim Wenders creates 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,...

Directed By: Wim Wenders

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100
May 26, 2023
More a portrait of Kiefer’s work than a standard biographical study of Kiefer himself, “Anselm” is a very particular study of a singular man’s soul, told through images of his oeuvre, augmented by sensational use of archive rendered in 3D.
By Catherine Bray FULL REVIEW
90
Dec 8, 2023
This is not the kind of 3-D that sees things leaping off the screen, though a few wandering wisps of smoke appear to escape the frame; it instead lends these images a sometimes uncanny, sometimes mesmerizing sense of depth. While it doesn’t feel integral to the project, it does, now and then, enrich it.
By Zachary Barnes FULL REVIEW
87
Dec 7, 2023
Anselm combines the filmmaker’s technical mastery with a deep curiosity for his subject to create an experience that is as thought-provoking as it is immersive.
By Kathy Michelle Chacón FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 8, 2023
Late Wenders sits at an odd angle to the young man obsessed with wandering and with the United States. There is a sense of a busy mind eager to share enthusiasms. Its generousness is part of the appeal.
By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
May 26, 2023
Anselm is a portrait of eminent German artist Anselm Kiefer, exploring the man’s spectacular – and often spectacularly sombre – work. Wenders also delves into Kiefer’s biography and his political, historical and literary interests, which chime with the director’s own long-term fascinations to make this arguably the director’s most personal – and certainly most German – film in some time.
By Jonathan Romney FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 18, 2024
The wordless, elderly Kiefer is enigmatic, and a bit intimidating. His work is impressive, though, especially in 3D.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
67
Dec 8, 2023
Anselm at its most effecting shows how cinematic exhibition thoughtfully utilizing 3D can make an intimate encounter with an artist. When it’s less powerful, the experience suggests rushed cliffnotes of a fascinating life.
By John Fink FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Road Movies Filmproduktion
Release Date Dec 8, 2023
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 3 Nominations
International Documentary Association
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Santa Fe International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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