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CITIES GRASS WILL GROW |
Year: 2010
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Anselm Kiefer, Klaus Dermutz
Director: Sophie Fiennes
Countries: France / Netherlands / UK
Language: German / French (English subtitles)
UK: 105 mins
UK Certificate: U contains no material likely to offend or
harm
UK Release Date: 15 October 2010
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Synopsis
In 1993 Kiefer left Buchen, Germany for La Ribaute, a derelict silk
factory near Barjac. From 2000 he began constructing a series of
elaborate installations there. Like a strange, sprawling village, La
Ribaute extends over 35 hectares and is composed of old industrial
buildings and working studios that link to a network of underground
tunnels dug out by Kiefer, which run underneath pavilions built to
house paintings and installations. An underground pool at the
cul-de-sac of a tubular iron tunnel is embedded within a crypt which
backs onto to a 20m tiered concrete amphitheatre. There are caves
and woods, an open landscape of concrete towers – assembled like
so many card houses – and secluded, private spaces. Traversing
this landscape, the film immerses the audience in the total world
and creative process of one of today’s most significant and
inventive artists.
Shot in cinemascope, the film constructs visual set pieces alongside
observational footage to capture both the dramatic resonance of
Kiefer’s art and the intimate process of creation. This polarity
– in terms of scale, sensibility and time – animates the film,
creating a multi-layered narrative through which to navigate the
complex spaces of La Ribaute. Here creation and destruction are
interdependent; the film enters into direct contact with the raw
materials Kiefer employs to build his paintings and sculptures -
lead, concrete, ash, acid, earth, glass and gold. OVER YOUR CITIES
GRASS WILL GROW gives privileged access to Kiefer’s last days at
La Ribotte
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