The playwright-stage director André Gregory once spoke of the works of art that consciously set out to interpret others -- such as the color glossies of his own stage play
Alice in Wonderland shot by Richard Avedon -- and observed that each derivation should be judged not on the basis of its source material, but as a unique and independent artistic creation, possessor of its own strengths and weaknesses. That may be a sound argument in most cases, but it doesn’t really apply to Wim Wenders’
Pina, the celebrated German director’s homage to the late choreographer Pina Bausch. The documentary -- a series of ingeniously staged dance numbers intercut with he...
Released:
2011
Rated:
PG
Length:
103 mins