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.
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06/26/08
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
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 CriticArt 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
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
Remarkably 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
Top CriticThis 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 CriticRemembrances 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 CriticOne sonorous waltz through an enchanted domain.
07/03/08
The 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 CriticDespite 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
Louise Bourgeois is absorbing, largely because of Bourgeois' striking art, prickly personality, and assured intensity.
06/26/08
This 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 CriticAn investment that has paid off by producing an unexpectedly lyrical and poetic portrait.
05/22/09
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