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  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 16 m
  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 16 m

Summary Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame countless odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from her peers and those in power in the art world. Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her—the trauma of growing...

Directed By: Heather Lenz

Written By: Keita Ideno, Heather Lenz

  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 16 m
  • 2018
  • Unrated
  • Magnolia Pictures
  • 1 h 16 m

Kusama - Infinity

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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Summary Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame countless odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from her peers and those in power in the art world. Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her—the trauma of growing...

Directed By: Heather Lenz

Written By: Keita Ideno, Heather Lenz

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
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24% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
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24% Mixed
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89
Sep 26, 2018
Kusama’s paint-splattered jeans, her continual need to create, and her singular vision are concepts that Lenz gets through with her very loving film.
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80
Sep 15, 2018
Filmmaker Heather Lenz pieces together a fascinating story of this little-known, yet wildly popular artist.
By Alan Ng FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 12, 2018
A fascinating guide to its subject and her work, but the emotional wall Kusama lives behind remains unbroken. She is a loner and a mystery.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 6, 2018
The nut of the movie, the thing I return to again and again when thinking about it, is the issue of how much the odds were stacked against Kusama. Kusama-Infinity is a perfect movie for the #metoo era: A glimpse into the life of a woman with a vision who had the misfortune of being born at a time when even what was arguably the most progressive culture felt that it was just fine to ignore a woman’s voice.
By Karen Gordon FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 6, 2018
Kusama: Infinity presents a creative life that is worth exploring, even by those who've been scared away by the crowds.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 11, 2018
It is evident that her art is what she has used to plough through the attendant difficulties – lack of success and recognition, mental health issues – of the life she chose for herself. And as the documentary confirms, she has indeed been rewarded for it at long last.
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42
Sep 3, 2018
Where Lenz’s film fails is in its inability to remark upon anything in the abstract qualities of Kusama’s work beyond talking about it only in its historical importance or the most obvious interpretation.
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Production Company Goodmovies Entertainment, Lenz Filmz, From The Heart Productions, Octopus Originals, Parco Co. Ltd., Submarine Entertainment, Tokyo Lee Productions
Release Date Sep 7, 2018
Duration 1 h 16 m
Rating Unrated
Genres
Tagline The Life and Art of Yayoi Kusama
Website http://www.kusamadocumentary.com/
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Awards

Cleveland International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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