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Gerhard Richter Painting
Year
2012
Language
GERMAN (ENGLISH subtitles)
Duration
1h 37m
Rating
NR
CC
Performers
Gerhard Richter, Hubert Becker, Konstanze Ell, Norbert Arns, Sabine Moritz-Richter
Directed By
Corinna Belz
Written By
Corinna Belz
Publication Information
Kino Lorber
Summary
Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world's greatest living painters and now nearly 80 years old, agreed to talk about his work, as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he's 'interested in things he doesn't understand,' that 'painting is a secretive business,' and that 'each painting is an assertion that tolerates no company.