Burden

Name: Burden
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: May 5, 2017
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 72

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: May 5, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: Chris Burdern guaranteed his place in art history in 1971 with a period of often dangerous and at times stomach-churning performances. After having himself shot, locked up in a locker for five days, electrocuted, and crucified on the back of a VW bug, Burden reinvented himself as the creator of truly mesmerizing installations andChris Burdern guaranteed his place in art history in 1971 with a period of often dangerous and at times stomach-churning performances. After having himself shot, locked up in a locker for five days, electrocuted, and crucified on the back of a VW bug, Burden reinvented himself as the creator of truly mesmerizing installations and sculptures, from a suspended gigantic flywheel that seemingly spins on its own, to an assemblage of antique streetlights rewired for solar energy and illuminated outside the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In BURDEN, Timothy Marrinan and Richard Dewey look at the artist’s works and private life with an innovative mix of still-potent videos of his 70s performances, personal videos and audio recordings, friends fellow students and colleagues, critics’ comments and latter day footage at his Topanga Canyon studio, all peppered with his thoughts and musings through the years. [Magnolia Pictures]… Expand

Director: Richard Dewey and Timothy Marrinan

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Joshua Rothkopf

May 10, 2017

An epic, often funny testament to creative fearlessness. Read full review

Dave White

May 20, 2017

A respectful, reserved, and charming documentary. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

May 4, 2017

A portrait of the artist emerges that’s complex, somewhat mysterious, but ultimately quite winning. Read full review

John DeFore

May 4, 2017

Even for viewers who know much more about Burden than that thing with the rifle, it's almost certain to trigger a hunger for more. Read full review

Sheri Linden

May 11, 2017

Whether as a constructor of large-scale enchantments or a notorious conceptualist, he emerges in this portrait as sincerely searching. Read full review

Keith Watson

May 1, 2017

The film dispenses with sensationalism, engaging with Chris Burden's most notorious work on its own terms. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

May 3, 2017

[A] densely packed but occasionally facile documentary. Read full review

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