Beuys (film)

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Beuys
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The film team
Directed by Andres Veiel
Written byAndres Veiel
Produced by Thomas Kufus
CinematographyJörg Jeshel
Edited by
  • Stephan Krumbiegal
  • Olaf Voigtländer
Music by
  • Ulrich Reuter
  • Damian Scholl
Release date
  • 14 February 2017 (2017-02-14)(Berlin)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Beuys is a 2017 German documentary film directed by Andres Veiel about the German artist Joseph Beuys. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. [1]

Noting that the film emphasizes the "social conscience" behind Beuys's art, Glenn Kenny, writing for The New York Times , called it "an exhilarating portrait of a unique truth-teller". [2]

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References

  1. "Berlinale 2017: Competition and Berlinale Special Are Complete" (press release). Berlinale. berlinale.de. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. Kenny, Glenn (16 January 2018). "Review: In ‘Beuys,’ a Portrait of the Artist as a Socially Conscious Provocateur". New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018. Print version, 17 January 2018, p. C5, under title "A Conceptual Artist and Provocateur".