Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow

Klaus Dermutz Director: Sophie Fiennes

Overview

Anselm Kiefer is a German artist who began earning an international reputation for his paintings, which combined photographic realism with impressionistic abstraction and used the juxtaposition of images to form an unapologetic commentary on Germany's history and failings. In 1993, Kiefer relocated from Germany to France, and in 2000 he bought an abandoned silk processing plant; there, Kiefer set up new facilities to create massive installations that employed both large-scale paintings, huge sculptures, objects found at refuse sites, and materials such as dirt and ash to create complex artificial environments. Filmmaker Sophie Fiennes allows Kiefer and his work to speak for themselves in the documentary Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow, in which Kiefer talks about his life and work while Fiennes and her crew follow as the artist creates one of his installations, big enough that a team of assistants with heavy equipment must assemble the pieces under his direction. Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow was an official selection at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/12/2013
UPC:	0738329080525
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Lorber
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	28,144

Special Features

Trailers; Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Klaus Dermutz

Narrator

Technical Credits

Sophie Fiennes

Sophie Fiennes	Director,Screenwriter,Producer,Camera Operator
Emilie Bizzat	Producer
Kees Kasander	Producer
Remko Schnorr	Camera Operator
Bram Boers	Sound/Sound Designer
Ranko Paukovic	Sound/Sound Designer