This documentary is an excellent look at the creative process, and how it is shared across mediums. Bowie fans will definitely enjoy this one.
Listening to artists speak about their process helped get the inspiration burning in me again too. A good film for any artist of any discipline ~ and for art students too.Unexpectedly I learned the most from the disciplines most unlike my own — the choreographer said things which helped me think in new ways (example — “why do artists think they should simplify? Think of a Forest — a forest is complex, it is not on a human scale — there is something different to notice every time you look at it. The complexity makes it interesting.”) Also the concept of time in art — and when is a piece of art “finished”? (Nora the sculptor feels something is finished when it feels it has been born; the dancer and choregrapher say a piece is never finished, is always changing) Compelling thoughts too from David Bowie — “People think artists somehow KNOW more than other people. They don’t. They just DWELL on things more.”
This latest documentary film by Michael Apted (7Up series, Gorillas in the Mist, Nell) explores the creative process through candid discussion with seven artists from diverse media. David Bowie, Roy Lichtenstein, Dale Chihuly, Edouard Locke, Louise LeCavalier, and Nora Noranjo-Morse answer the questions regarding their particular artforms: “How do you create your problems, and how do you go about solving them?”
These are two reviews about this documentary. We hope that this movie will help you get on the new level of creativity.
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