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05/22/09
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 13
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 27, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Whether in her towering giant spiders or visceral abstract figures, sculptor Louise Bourgeois's work is firmly rooted in the traumas of her past. In this intimate documentary from Marion Cajori... [More]
Director: Marion Cajori, Amei Wallach
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Reviews for Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and...
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Marion Cajori makes a brave attempt to grapple with a subject who resists explanation; while she may not always succeed, the journey is frequently illuminating.
05/22/09
Despite Bourgeois's on-camera effusiveness, this film suffers a little from curtailing much background information; but fans of Bourgeois as a personality will find a lot to like here.
05/22/09
The film stands alone as a remarkable achievement, as intimate a portrayal of a living artist as one could ask for. And a likeable one at that.
02/06/09
Top CriticOne sonorous waltz through an enchanted domain.
07/03/08
Remembrances by aides and relatives plus antique photos and close-ups of her work -- including her iconic giant spiders -- round out the loving film.
06/27/08
Top CriticLouise Bourgeois is absorbing, largely because of Bourgeois' striking art, prickly personality, and assured intensity.
06/26/08
Filmmakers Marion Cajori (who died in 2006) and Amei Wallach are smart enough to grant us just the right amount of access to the great artist’s full range of emotions.
06/26/08
Frequently roving around and taking awe at Bourgeois's massive artwork, the filmmakers may understand the artist as a woman and a living creature but they often treat her as if she herself were a museum piece.
06/25/08
Art world iconoclast, feminist icon, cranky old Frenchwoman with a sharp tongue and a gothic family history: Artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois is all these things and more.
06/25/08
For the sophisticated viewer, it is like looking at Bourgeois' work in the company of a good friend.
06/25/08
This uncommonly elegant and evocative portrait of Louise Bourgeois reveals much about the haunting and haunted master while leaving intact the thing you cannot explain.
06/25/08
Top CriticThe artist's festering recollections of her girlhood mesh with guided first-person tours of her sculptures, creating a privileged look into a psyche rendered solid.
06/25/08
Top CriticThis complex, utterly fascinating docu evolves in almost as varied and unpredictable ways as has its 96-year-old subject, famed sculptress Louise Bourgeois.
06/24/08
Top CriticRemarkably and unsentimentally self-reflective, the artist talks to filmmakers Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach about a lifetime of tough work and tougher questions. Fascinating stuff.
06/23/08
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