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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m

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 and sculptu...

Directed By: Richard Dewey, Timothy Marrinan

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 28 m

Burden

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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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 and sculptu...

Directed By: Richard Dewey, Timothy Marrinan

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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27% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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27% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
May 10, 2017
An epic, often funny testament to creative fearlessness.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
80
May 4, 2017
A portrait of the artist emerges that’s complex, somewhat mysterious, but ultimately quite winning.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
80
May 4, 2017
If Burden has any fault, it’s that it is overly straight, but perhaps for a subject with which it is so difficult to relate, that is necessary.
By Jordan Hoffman FULL REVIEW
70
May 11, 2017
Whether as a constructor of large-scale enchantments or a notorious conceptualist, he emerges in this portrait as sincerely searching.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
63
May 1, 2017
The film dispenses with sensationalism, engaging with Chris Burden's most notorious work on its own terms.
By Keith Watson FULL REVIEW
60
May 4, 2017
[An] engaging if straightforward doc.
By Josh Winning FULL REVIEW
60
May 3, 2017
[A] densely packed but occasionally facile documentary.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW

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Release Date May 5, 2017
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Beyond the limits. Out of the museum
Website http://dogwoof.com/films/chris-burden-a-life-in-art#
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Awards

New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland
• 1 Nomination

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