Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine

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Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine

2008

1h 39m

Documentary

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French artist Louise Bourgeois, known for her gigantic spider sculptures, reveals her creative process and ongoing artistic influences.

Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Rated: 3/4

Nov 29, 2011

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Melissa Anderson

Time Out

Rated: 4/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Helen Sumpter

Time Out

An investment that has paid off by producing an unexpectedly lyrical and poetic portrait.

Rated: 5/6

May 22, 2009

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

The film confirms Bourgeois's inexhaustible need to overthrow old forms and create new imagery. Her range of materials and ideas is impressive.

Mar 5, 2021

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Catherine Bray

Film4

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.

Rated: 4/5

May 22, 2009

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Matthew Nestel

Boxoffice Magazine

One sonorous waltz through an enchanted domain.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 3, 2008

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I love Louise Bourgeois as an artist, but this documentary really doesn't do her justice.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

A compelling window into the mind of feminist sculptor Louise Bourgeois, whose challenging and beautiful works, like her giant Maman spiders, disquiet us even as they cause us to wonder. Her personal revelations cast new light on a body of work which, to the casual observer, can seem elliptical. She recounts how art is a way of becoming oneself, despite external pressures.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Un film portrait emouvant ou une femme d'exception (elle aura 98 ans le jour de NoÃ«l :) avec une grande force de caractere, creative, inventive, sauvage, insaisissable, totalement avant gardiste, se confie ouvertement a tous. Ce documentaire fait un bilan de la vie de Louise Bourgeois, il nous donne le goÃ»t et le parfum de cette artiste attachante, on est vite pris dans les toiles de ses araignees geantes et internationales. La retrospective de mars 2008 Ã Beaubourg nous avait permis de voir 200 de ses oeuvres...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Amei Wallach

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George Griffin

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Synopsis

French artist Louise Bourgeois, known for her gigantic spider sculptures, reveals her creative process and ongoing artistic influences.

Director: Marion Cajori, Amei Wallach
Producer: Marion Cajori, Amei Wallach
Production Co: Art Kaleidoscope Foundation
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 20, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $94.6K
Runtime: 1h 39m