Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back

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Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back

2017

1h 30m

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Provocative and elusive Italian contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan made his career with playful and subversive works. It was a retrospective at the Guggenheim in 2011 that finally solidified his place in the contemporary art canon.

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

06/01/2017

[A] playful, intriguing documentary ...

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John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

05/01/2017

Newcomers who can avoid feeling burned by occasional dishonesty should join longtime admirers in enjoying this account of a career Cattelan claims ended with his splashy Guggenheim retrospective in 2011.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

04/14/2017

"Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back," Axelrod plays along with [its] eccentric subject's insouciant attitude vis vis his own identity to mostly delightful effect.

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Benjamin Sutton

Hyperallergic

02/06/2020

Here, the bait-and-switch keeps the informed viewer on high alert and adds a shade of suspicion to every legitimately insightful comment Gioni-as-Cattelan makes. It must also be noted that Gioni's performance is superb.

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D.R. Baker

The Young Folks

04/28/2017

4/10

Be Right Back doesn't appear to revel in itself quite the same way. Rather, it takes itself a little too seriously, holding its viewers at the length of its over-stylized arms, and so becomes something of a snooze.

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Provocative and elusive Italian contemporary artist Maurizio Cattelan made his career with playful and subversive works. It was a retrospective at the Guggenheim in 2011 that finally solidified his place in the contemporary art canon.

Director: Maura Axelrod
Producer: Victoria Armutt, Maura Axelrod, Andrew Fierberg, Kathleen Griffin, Karol Martesko, Adam Lindemann, Lucian Read, Lyman Smith
Distributor: Bond/360
Production Co: Bow and Arrow Entertainment
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 8, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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