Walking on Water

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Walking on Water

Released May 1, 2019

1h 40m

Documentary

Adventure

Comedy

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Celebrated artist Christo consummates his huge and logistically complex installation "The Floating Piers" on Italy's Lake Iseo.

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Critics Consensus

Walking on Water tracks the personal and professional journey of an artist emerging from a painful chapter to forge ahead on his creative path.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Curiously artless for a movie about the art world.

Mar 16, 2020

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Matthew Lickona

San Diego Reader

The film does what it apparently sets out to do, which is to give some account of two statements Christo makes to a group of schoolchildren early on in the proceedings: "I love real things," and, "When you are an artist, you are all the time artist."

Rated: 2/5

Jul 19, 2019

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

There's some dry in "Walking on Water," though not much. There's a fair amount of wet. As for joy, that there is in abundance.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 7, 2019

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Katie Duggan

TAKE ONE Magazine

Fitting with Christo's proclamation, the documentary is not just an account of the creation of one work, but a glimpse into the creative madness of living a life that is entirely devoted to art.

Jul 27, 2020

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

"There's not moment you are not an artist," Christo says. It also appears there is no moment when Christo isn't an overbearing ass.

Sep 9, 2019

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Robert Denerstein

Denerstein Unleashed

Director Andrey Paounov's documentary falls short...we don't get much by way of explanation about how all this was done, how materials were selected -- and in some cases -- even what materials were used.

Jun 21, 2019

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A very refreshing art documentary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Artist struggles to complete massive project!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Amazing character portrait! Captures the frustration and absurdity and humor inherent in the pursuit of such an enormously ambitious passion project.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Fascinating, observational portrait of an artist and what it takes to make it art.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Great film about a great artist! A must see!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Izabella Tzenkova

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Valeria Giampietro

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Andrey Paounov

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Synopsis

Celebrated artist Christo consummates his huge and logistically complex installation "The Floating Piers" on Italy's Lake Iseo.

Director: Andrey Paounov
Producer: Izabella Tzenkova, Valeria Giampietro
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Genre: Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 13, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $98.4K
Runtime: 1h 40m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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