Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Shot in widescreen CinemaScope, Fiennes' film is a mesmerizing spectacle that asserts its own pace.
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
A mesmerizing portrait of the artist Anselm Kiefer by acclaimed documentarian Sophie Fiennes (THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO CINEMA), OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW is part tribute and part deconstruction; aided by beautiful widescreen cinematography, Fiennes captures the majesty of Kiefer's architectonic installations alongside observational footage of his work process.
"Fiennes...has created something difficult and distinctive in 'Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow' - a work of art that itself acts as a pathway into another artist's work...a mesmerizing spectacle...a trip you'll never forget.” (Andrew O'Hehir, Salon)
"A dreamlike visual statement." (Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal)
"A film of austere beauty." (Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter)
"Fiennes...has created something difficult and distinctive in 'Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow' - a work of art that itself acts as a pathway into another artist's work...a mesmerizing spectacle...a trip you'll never forget.” (Andrew O'Hehir, Salon)
"A dreamlike visual statement." (Steve Dollar, Wall Street Journal)
"A film of austere beauty." (Maggie Lee, Hollywood Reporter)
Genre
Documentary
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Runtime
105
Language
German
Director
Sophie Fiennes
FEATURED REVIEW
Melissa Anderson,Village Voice
"We'll start with this" are, fittingly, the first words spoken by German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer, nearly 30 minutes into Sophie Fiennes's immersive look at his artistic process. Except for an opening intertitle noting that Kiefer set up his studio in 1993 in an abandoned silk factory in ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 1.06.12 - 1.12.12
Monica Film Center 1.07.12 - 1.16.12
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