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Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:11
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.1/10
Theatrical Release:Dec 20, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: From 1995 to 2002, avant-garde artist Matthew Barney wrote, directed, and starred in the Cremaster Cycle, five offbeat films featuring unusual situations and bizarre characters. Since 1987, he has... [More]
Starring: Barbara Gladstone, Matthew Barney, Bjork, Masayuki Komatsu
Director: Alison Chernick
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Reviews for Matthew Barney: No Restraint
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An essential companion piece for anyone who feels like they didn't get Full Review |
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More interesting is Chernick's concise survey of Barney's intriguing early work, including weird Vaseline-covered sculptures and footage of him trying to draw while under physical restraints such as a harness, etc. Full Review |
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If Chernick set out to portray the couple's movie project as a bit frivolous and self-absorbed, she succeeded. But I doubt that was the intention. Full Review |
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... Chernick's film ends up being far more accessible than Barney's. Full Review |
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2/4 |
[Director] Chernick's stylish yet superficial report looks more like an orientation video for museum visitors. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Barney's art presents a cross between the creepiness of David Cronenberg and David Lynch and the grandiosity and business sense of George Lucas. Chernick's film unquestioningly admires it. Full Review |
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1.5/4 |
As blandly lucid as Barney is wildly and perplexingly imaginative. Full Review |
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Alison Chernick's documentary attempts to provide some much-needed insight, combining a biographical and artistic portrait of the provocateur. Full Review |
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2/4 |
[It would] work better as a DVD 'extra.' Full Review |
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2/5 |
Better than the actual film it's the featurette for. Full Review |
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An absorbing documentary that seeks to explain this most enigmatic of modern artists. Full Review |
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[Director Alison] Chernick misses the chance to follow in the footsteps of documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer, whose essential artist-at-work films Touch The Sound and Rivers And Tides meditate on the ephemeral nature of the creative act. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Alison Chernick's aptly-named documentary takes us aboard a Japanese whaling vessel to witness the filming of the artist Matthew Barney's film Drawing Restraint 9.
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A bit like a cinematic catalog for a gallery retrospective, Matthew Barney: No Restraint serves to explain Barney's m.o. to a wider aud. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Chernick may not answer every question about this beguiling and enigmatic film, but you wouldn't want it to: Mystery is an essential part of the Barney experience. Full Review |
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3/4 |
In her restraint, Chernick makes us admire an artist with none. Full Review |
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Chernick's documentary (and her subject) eloquently trace Barney's inspiration and intention in a way that naturalizes rather than neuters them. Full Review |
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It's interesting to watch [Barney] work and see how he created some of the amazing visuals from Drawing Restraint 9. Full Review |
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