MaestroReviews

Deb and I are artists, painters actually. We go see films as often as once a week. That's right, we go to the theater and sit in a dark room with strangers to see movies. We rarely rent. We like "little" movies, foreign and documentary films. We try to stay away from mainstream and blockbusters whenever possible, but a couple sneak in each year. We seek out the obscure. We try to avoid violent movies, and that really limits our choices, most film makers seem to think violence makes a story interesting.
I try not to give anything away in the reviews, but offer an honest reaction.
We rate them 1~10, 10 being highest.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Deb 8     Me 9

Here's a straightforward documentary about a Chinese artist/political activist. The film concentrates mostly on Ai Weiwei's political side but offers an intro to his art, and his art rocks. As an activist I am amazed. Amazed he gets away with as much as he does in light of others who have suffered under the fucked-up Chinese government. This is a pretty riveting story, well told with lots of interviews with the artist and his family. We have a real behind the scenes you are there footage with the feeling of complete access. I did get the feeling that this is a fairly biased piece, that there is some artistic support from the Chinese government and they allow him a longer leash because of the prestige that he brings the country. One of his jobs was creating the"birdsnest" for the '08 Olympics. This is a very interesting story and I'm happy to have some insights to this creative and dynamic character.
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