Leaning Into the Wind

Name: Leaning Into the Wind
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 9, 2018
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Andy Goldsworthy, Holly Goldsworthy

2018

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Leaning Into The Wind

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 9, 2018

Starring: Andy Goldsworthy, Holly Goldsworthy

Summary: Leaning into the Wind is a vibrant journey through the diverse layers of Andy Goldsworthy's world. From urban Edinburgh and London to the South of France and New England, each environment he encounters becomes a fresh kaleidoscopic canvas for his art. A lushly-visualized travelogue, Goldsworthy's work and Thomas Riedelsheimer's exquisiteLeaning into the Wind is a vibrant journey through the diverse layers of Andy Goldsworthy's world. From urban Edinburgh and London to the South of France and New England, each environment he encounters becomes a fresh kaleidoscopic canvas for his art. A lushly-visualized travelogue, Goldsworthy's work and Thomas Riedelsheimer's exquisite cinematography redefine landscape and inextricably tie human life to the natural world. [Magnolia Pictures]… Expand

Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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The Seattle Times - Moira Macdonald

Mar 15, 2018

As with “Rivers and Tides,” Leaning into the Wind is a work of art in itself; beautifully and meditatively shot (by Riedelsheimer), accompanied by a faintly mysterious score that seems to be telling us secrets. Read full review

Village Voice - Alan Scherstuhl

Mar 8, 2018

The film ranges more widely than its predecessor, surveying more landscapes and a greater variety of projects. But it’s still a contemplative beauty, a chance to consider and be moved by a richer sort of connectedness than our lives typically allow. Read full review

Boston Globe - Ty Burr

Mar 14, 2018

As with the simpler and stronger “Rivers and Tides,” there are moments where you may want to stop the film to assure yourself you’re seeing what you’re seeing, so disordering to the senses are Goldsworthy’s re-orderings of nature. Read full review

Movie Nation - Roger Moore

Jan 10, 2018

The objects he assembles or carves out of stone will outlive him, but it’ll only be a hint of the mind that saw beauty in the destruction, decay and rebirth that nature itself was creating all around him. Read full review

San Francisco Chronicle - G. Allen Johnson

Mar 7, 2018

Leaning Into the Wind asks us to appreciate art for art’s sake, and that’s not a tough ask at all. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Chuck Bowen

Mar 6, 2018

The film has a wandering, lonely purity. We feel as if we've been allowed to fleetingly swim through Andy Goldsworthy's psyche. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Steve Davis

Mar 28, 2018

Iconoclastic British environmentalist and sculptor Andy Goldsworthy doesn’t experience the world in the same way the rest of us do. Using more than just the conventional five senses, he profoundly intuits his surroundings as if in a meditative trance, mentally and physically absorbing the details of his environment like a forensic scientist in the pursuit of a unique artistry that’s brought him worldwide acclaim. Read full review

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