German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer's breathtakingly beautiful profile of Scottish earthworks-artist Andy Goldsworthy forgoes the conventional biographical approach but captures something far more elusive: Goldsworthy's complex relationship with his raw material — the landscape — and the natural forces that shape, and often undo, his ingenious creations. The film opens at the crack of dawn on a frozen stretch of Nova Scotia coastline where Goldsworthy has been commissioned to create a new work. What that work will be has yet to be decided: Goldsworthy must "shake hands with the place" before he can begin. Getting in touch with the landscape often leads Goldsworthy ...
Released:
2000
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins