Pina
2011 Directed by Wim Wenders
Synopsis
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
PINA is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.
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Una película que constantemente está decidiendo qué película quiere ser: un documento de la obra de Bausch? una remembranza por parte de sus alumnos? enteramente performance? Esa indecisión nos mantiene siempre entretenidos, nunca sabiendo qué sigue.
Solo al final se revela como lo que es, un jovial requiem. Y pues bueno, nos conmovemos todos.
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Watch people exercise, IN STUNNING 3D!
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The third movie in what turned out to be a rather strange triple bill, Pina disappoints at first, but ends on such a strong note, that I couldn't help but love it.
Unfortunately, the first half of the film doesn't exactly look that good, or that interesting. All the exterior locations are drab and boring, and the dance sequences in said locations are not filmed particularly well. The first half of the film also seems disjointed, with a lot of different performances inter cut with each other. Any performance I was really digging was cut too short and I was left wondering why I was seeing what I was seeing, and not seeing something that I wanted to see. I…
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Wow, this was fantastic. I confess that as I began watching it I didn't think it'd be quite up my alley, but by 10 minutes in I was completely sold on it.
Once you realize that the language of expression through movement is as real and powerful as other mediums, the film becomes even more mesmerizing. Also, the simultaneous joy and seriousness that the company exudes is like a holy thing. Highly recommended, and I'd rewatch just about any old time.
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Not terribly sure of what I expected. Visually. it's outstanding. The shots, sequences, flow, colors, and choreography are all top, but the expressionistic style goes too far in my opinion. The performances are pretty great, and some of the intercuts within them standout, but I felt the real world performances just too strange. Perhaps they didn't have an exotic enough location, but they seemed drab. Also, the talking heads, though interesting in form, didn't appeal to me either. I'd much rather actually watch them talking about Pina seeing their expressions in real time, and the emotion of love they had for her rather than just listening to them all.
That said, the latter half of the film really does seem…
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It's sort of like if David Lynch was a dance choreographer; it's all dream logic and unpredictable movements. Some fascinating and stimulating, others more dull. It's especially hard to connect without context, which this film fails to provide. It assumes you know who Pina is and her story, as well as her death. It's a tribute film by a fan, for fans, presumably. I saw this in old fashioned 2D, and found it inspiring and interesting, although the lack of a dimension might have held it back some.
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I don't really feel that I am equipped to properly review this film, knowing basically nothing about dance. However, technically, it is absolutely marvellous, with incredible cinematography and audio quality. I think it would have been striking in its original 3D, but the Criterion Blu-ray looks extremely impressive as it is. Even though I didn't "get" a lot of it, to rate this poorly would be criminal.
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Wow, this was fantastic. I confess that as I began watching it I didn't think it'd be quite up my alley, but by 10 minutes in I was completely sold on it.
Once you realize that the language of expression through movement is as real and powerful as other mediums, the film becomes even more mesmerizing. Also, the simultaneous joy and seriousness that the company exudes is like a holy thing. Highly recommended, and I'd rewatch just about any old time.
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I'm not really a fan of dance... particularly modern dance... so this was 1hr40min of total frustration.
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Wim Wenders' documentary/celebration/eulogy of the late dance choreographer Pina Bausch. The majority of the film consists of her dance numbers, performed by the members of her dance company. The best moments are when Wenders allows the performances to continue forward uninterrupted. At certain points, his approach to filming the dances reminded me of the way Jonathan Demme shoots his concert films, with little in the way of excess cutting or obnoxious camera movements. Unfortunately, Wenders too often breaks the rhythm by inserting interviewers from the dancers. This wouldn't be too much of a problem if the dancers had anything truly interesting to say, but most of the time they just ramble on about how much they loved Pina Bausch and…
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beautiful film that annoys me i can't watch it in 3D
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Sorry, I just don't get it.
No... I'm not sorry, it was goofy and it was soooooo long.
Also, I felt as though I was watching a series of interviews with creepy cult members just after their very charismatic leader had died.
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The best live action 3D I've seen but the film goes on for a bit too long
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Wim Wenders is one of the most interesting and complete filmmakers/auteurs working today. Both his fiction works and his documentaries are rich in every field the cinema covers.
Pina is a clear example of how much of a genius he is. As a document of the body of work and legacy of Pina Bausch is perfect. As a visual spectacle works perfectly so. While many would consider it messy or lack of direction, many others will appreciate the way Wenders juxtaposed dance numbers, interviews, and art performances in a lyric way.
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Not terribly sure of what I expected. Visually. it's outstanding. The shots, sequences, flow, colors, and choreography are all top, but the expressionistic style goes too far in my opinion. The performances are pretty great, and some of the intercuts within them standout, but I felt the real world performances just too strange. Perhaps they didn't have an exotic enough location, but they seemed drab. Also, the talking heads, though interesting in form, didn't appeal to me either. I'd much rather actually watch them talking about Pina seeing their expressions in real time, and the emotion of love they had for her rather than just listening to them all.
That said, the latter half of the film really does seem…