amazing film

build a stone wall around some trees -- oooh.

throw some snow in the air -- wow.

grind up some red rock and have it paint a river -- amazing.


please...this movie was a piece of pretentious crap.

I've now seen this movie three times and it continues to impress. Tonight we showed this to a group of High School age art students, and I would recommend it for students and artists of any age. The documentary shows the utmost respect for the artist and his work. Much of the film has no dialogue and the simple shots carefully and subtley reveal and artists work. What I really like about Goldsworthy is that the work is so satisfying on so many levels. The sculptures (for lack of a better term) are striking and beautiful. There is a nice conceptual side to his work (most sculptures remain in their natural environment to fall, crumble or float away.) Additionally the work is not the photographs/film of the sculptures; the work is what is there in nature, it can't be placed in the gallery. We only see the document, not the actual piece. Goldsworthy is clever and he uses natural materials in unique ways that are very unexpected and surprising. For much of the movie you are wondering "How'd he do that?" Finally it is the beauty and mystery of these works that stays with the viewer. An excellent documentary that shows more than it tells about its subject.