If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans (2008)
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An artistic prodigy to end all, German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans rose to fame in the 1990s, when the then-twentysomething began capturing iconic images of nightclub activity and culture time and again. His celebrity increased substantially via inclusion in such high-end publications as Spex,… More An artistic prodigy to end all, German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans rose to fame in the 1990s, when the then-twentysomething began capturing iconic images of nightclub activity and culture time and again. His celebrity increased substantially via inclusion in such high-end publications as Spex, Interview, and ID, and via the publication of several acclaimed photographic collections by his early thirties. With the documentary If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans, filmmaker Heiko Kalmbach follows Tillmans over the course of four years. The film provides a candid and revealing biographical portrait of the London-based artist at work, with his visual eye as acute as ever and his creative processes in full blossom. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Heiko Kalmbach
- Written By
- Heiko Kalmbach, Alexander Pfeuffer
- Genres
- Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 18, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- Anthology Archives
Critic Reviews
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Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
It's like choking down 72 minutes of a stranger's unedited home videos, only without the occasional cute kiddie or pet to lighten the tedium.
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S. James Snyder, Time Out New York
The risk of such hands-off filmmaking is that the narrative itself can become mired in the mundane; there's little that happens here to shed light on the way this renowned shutterbug works or thinks.
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Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
It does little to convince the unconverted of Tillmans's [genius].
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John P. McCarthy, Boxoffice Magazine
Heiko Kalmbachâ(TM)s video portrait of the German-born, London-based photographer frustrates because of the way it hovers between the esoteric and the quotidian.
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Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
A dull, meandering, lazy and poorly-edited documentary that fails to be captivating and insightful. [U]ltimately a missed opportunity.
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