Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious (2022)
We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears when Robert “Bob” Wilson puts minimalistic petrol pumps into a production of Shakespeare’s sonnets? Why does merciless repetition change our understanding of something? Together with Tom Waits, Willem Dafoe or Marina Abramović we trace back our own experience of Bob’s art. Is it true what Philipp Glass the collaborator of the milestone piece “Einstein on the Beach” laughingly and with apparent pleasure exclaims “what does it mean? It doesn’t mean anything!”?
Director: Carl von Karstedt
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Robert Wilson as Self |
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Willem Dafoe as Self |
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Marina Abramović as Self |
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Christian Friedel as Self |
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Tom Waits as Self |
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Philip Glass as Self |
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Stefan Kurt as Self |
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Christopher Nell as Self |
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Sabin Tambrea as Self |
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Traute Hoess as Self |
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William S. Burroughs as Self (archive footage) |
| Sound | Robert Sandow | Sound |
| Directing | Carl von Karstedt | Director |
| Camera | Christoph Valentien | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Imke Koseck | Editor |
| Editing | Nina Mühlenkamp | Editor |
