Pina (film)
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![]() tanzt, tanzt sonst sind wir verloren (dance, dance otherwise we are lost) | |
Directed by | Wim Wenders |
Written by | Wim Wenders |
Produced by | Wim Wenders Gian-Piero Ringel |
Starring | Pina Bausch |
Cinematography | Hélène Louvart Jörg Widmer |
Edited by | Toni Froschhammer |
Music by | Thomas Hanreich |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Germany |
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Box office | $14.6 million[1] |
Pina is a 2011 German
The film premiered out of competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, on 13 February 2011.[4]
Synopsis
The film is structured around groups of excerpts from four of the most-noted dance pieces choreographed by
The first of the four main pieces that is presented in the film is Le sacre du printemps (Frühlingsopfer, or, The Rite of Spring), which was first performed with Bausch's choreography in 1975. In it, the dancers, separated into male and female groups, move about a stage covered by a thick layer of peat as one of the women is chosen to be sacrificed.
The second main piece is Café Müller, which Bausch choreographed in 1978, inspired by a café she often visited as a child.[citation needed] In a simple setting consisting of some tables and chairs and doors, three sleepwalkers, two women in white nightgowns and a man, stumble around, while one man in a suit frantically moves chairs out of their way and another manipulates the actions of the sleepwalking man and one of the women. A third woman rushes back and forth, unsure what to make of the scene.
The third main piece is Kontakthof ("contact court", or, "courtyard of contact"), which was originally staged by Bausch in 1978 with the members of her dance company, in 2000 with senior citizens (as Kontakthof – Mit Damen und Herren ab 65), and in 2008 with teenagers (as Kontakthof – Mit Teenagern ab 14). Wenders filmed Kontakthof with each of the three generations of the cast, and the film cuts between the performers of different ages as they, using the same choreography, preen and interact at a dance in an auditorium.
The last of the main pieces is Vollmond ("full moon"), which premiered in 2006. In it, the dancers move about on a stage that is partially flooded and features a large rock.
The film is bookended by all of the dancers walking single-file while performing a simple bit of choreography related to the passing seasons with their hands. They are in a theater at the beginning of the film, and on top of the otherworldly Haniel
Reception
Critical response
Critical response to the film was overwhelmingly positive. On
Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four.[7] A. O. Scott of The New York Times was enthusiastic about the film, writing: "Choreography is a notoriously perishable art. Dances often struggle to outlive their creators. And Pina is, above all, an act of preservation, a memorial that is also a defiance of mortality — completely alive in every dimension."[8] Kimberley Jones of The Austin Chronicle praised the "utterly transfixing, exhilarating spectacle of bodies in motion" provided by the film.[9]
Accolades
In the run-up to the
Additionally, the film was nominated for Best Documentary Screenplay at the 64th Writers Guild of America Awards.[15]
Home media
The film was released on
See also
- List of submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Pina (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "First Berlin 2011 Contenders are Revealed". indiemoviesonline.com. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ISBN 978-1908215017.
- Berlinale. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "Pina". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Pina" – via www.metacritic.com.
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "Pina Movie Review & Film Summary (2012)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Pina". Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- Bild.de. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
- ^ "15 Documentary Features Advance in 2011 Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "'Pina' Aims for an Unprecedented Double-Play at Oscars". TheWrap.com. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Pina (2011)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Bowen, Chuck (21 January 2013). "Blu-ray Review: Wim Wenders's Pina on the Criterion Collection". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Pina at IMDb
- Pina at Rotten Tomatoes
- Pina: Dancing for Dance an essay by Criterion Collection