‘Anselm’ Director Wim Wenders Taps Into “Poetic, Immersive” Quality Of 3D For Documentary On Monumental German Artist
deadline.comThe Oscar-contending documentary Anselm marks an encounter between two of the world’s great artists – one renowned for cinema, the other for painting, installations, and sculpture.
The filmmaker, Wim Wenders, began his career more than 50 years ago, with credits that include Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, Buena Vista Social Club, The Salt of the Earth, and Pina, and two this year alone – Anselm and the narrative feature Perfect Days.
His protagonist in Anselm – the German-born artist Anselm Kiefer, may not be as well known among the public as Wenders, but his work stuns in its power, erudition, and scale.
Simply put, Kiefer makes art of monumental dimensions. “We were in the landscape of his own studio [outside Paris],” Wenders tells Deadline, “this huge depot, bigger than airplane hangars — and several of them.” Capturing the size of the workspace and the individual artworks, Wenders concluded, called for something different than a standard 2D approach. “To take people there and to see so much, 3D is the best way.
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