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Gerhard Richter painting [videorecording (DVD)] / Zero One Film in koproduktion mit Terz Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk in zusammenarbeit mit Arte; ein film von Corrina Belz ; buch und regie, Corrina Belz ; produzent, Thomas Kufus.

Contributor(s): Belz, Corinna [drt.] | Kufus, Thomas [pro.] | Obrist, Hans-Ulrich | Richter, Gerhard, 1932- | Terz Film (Firm) | Westdeutscher Rundfunk | Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk | Arte (Firm) | Mongrel Media | Kino Lorber, Inc | Zero One Film (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: [Germany] : London : [New York] : [Toronto] : Zero One ; Soda Pictures ; Kino Lorber ; Mongrel Media [distributor], c2012Description: 1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Richter, Gerhard, 1932- | Artists -- Germany -- Biography | Painting, German -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Documentary films. | Biographical films.DDC classification: 759.3 RIC
Contents:
Gerhard Richter : an introduction / text by Achim Borchardt-Hume -- Biographical data -- Director's notes -- Feature film : Gerhard Richter painting (97 min.) -- Extras: The Cologne Cathedral window, 2007 (29 min.) ; "In der Werkstatt" (In the studio) from the late 1960s (14 min.) ; Richter interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist (10 min.)
Production Credits: Director of photography, Johann Feindt, Frank Kranstedt, Dieter Stürmer ; editor, Stephan Krumbiegel.
With: Gerhard Richter, Norbert Arns, Hubert Becker, Sabine Moritz-Richter, Konstanze Ell, Marian Goodman, Benjamin Buchloh, Kaspar König, Ulrich Wilmes, Sandy Nairne, Paul Moorhouse.Summary: Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world's greatest living painters. Now nearly 80 years old, he has agreed to talk about his work as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he's 'interested in things he doesn't understand,' that 'painting is a secretive business,' and that 'each painting is an assertion that tolerates no company.'
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General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library DVD 759.3 RIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00228293
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Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world's greatest living painters and now nearly 80 years old, agreed to talk about his work, as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he's interested in things he doesn't understand, that painting is a secretive business, and that each painting is an assertion that tolerates no company.

Originally produced in 2011 ; Date from disc surface.

Special features: Gerhard Richter & Benjamin HD Buchloh in conversation (24 min.); Fragments of a conversation: Hans-Ulrich Obrist meets Gerhard Richter (11 min.); Preparing for the exhibition "Abstract Paintings," Haus Der Kunst, Munich, 14 February 2009 (10 min.); trailers.

DVD-ROM content: Director's notes; interview with Corinna Belz about Gerhard Richter.

Gerhard Richter : an introduction / text by Achim Borchardt-Hume -- Biographical data -- Director's notes -- Feature film : Gerhard Richter painting (97 min.) -- Extras: The Cologne Cathedral window, 2007 (29 min.) ; "In der Werkstatt" (In the studio) from the late 1960s (14 min.) ; Richter interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist (10 min.)

Director of photography, Johann Feindt, Frank Kranstedt, Dieter Stürmer ; editor, Stephan Krumbiegel.

With: Gerhard Richter, Norbert Arns, Hubert Becker, Sabine Moritz-Richter, Konstanze Ell, Marian Goodman, Benjamin Buchloh, Kaspar König, Ulrich Wilmes, Sandy Nairne, Paul Moorhouse.

Born in 1932 in Dresden, Gerhard Richter is considered one of the world's greatest living painters. Now nearly 80 years old, he has agreed to talk about his work as a small film crew documents his creative process. Blunt, provocative, unashamedly curmudgeonly, and iconoclastic (but never cynical), the artist says he's 'interested in things he doesn't understand,' that 'painting is a secretive business,' and that 'each painting is an assertion that tolerates no company.'

DVD ; widescreen ; Dolby digital audio.

In German and English with English subtitles.