Pina 3D

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  • Opened January 13, 2012 (Academy Run 12/23/11; Limited 1/13/12)
  • 1 hr 44 min
  • PG | Some Sensuality/Partial Nudity and Smoking
  • “Dance, dance, or we are lost.” Pina Bausch’s final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for acclaimed director Wim Wenders’ (WINGS OF DESIRE, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB) breathtaking tribute to the legendary choreographer. Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal elevated dance into brilliantly subversive new expressive realms, and in this exhilarating film Wenders captures the raw, heart-stopping intensity of the movement and in stunning 3D transforms it into a transcendent cinematic experience. An official selection of the Berlinale, Telluride, Toronto and New York film festivals, and now Germany's official entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, PINA features interviews with and performances by Bausch's beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life. Full synopsis

  • Director: Wim Wenders
  • Genres: Music/Performing Arts, 3D

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Pina -- a masterpiece

by judyblase

Wim Wenders has directed another documentary masterpiece this time in 3D and the interviews with the choreographer Pina and her company of dancers who have been with her over 20 years are amazing. ...

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hommage to one of the most influential choreographers of our time

by rebeccaweichiu

Beautifully directed movie, intertwining scenes of Pina Bausch's dancers with their accounts of Pina's influence on her as a mentor and a friend. Deeply moving and ingeniously shot, her dance pieces...

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If you love "modern" dance, you will love this movie.

by Miss_Sheila

Beautiful, innovative, highly skilled dance, breathtaking cinematography, fantastic lighting & sets - my only issue is that it takes itself a little too seriously (as do the folks in it). But amazing...

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Charlotte Observer
| Lawrence Toppman

Most documentaries put us inside people's heads. The dazzling, experimental Pina puts us inside people's feet. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Calvin Wilson

The result, Pina, is the most spirited and spectacular film about dance since Robert Altman's "The Company." Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

In both theatrical environments and open-air ones, with Wenders paying close attention to the geometrics as well as the psychology of the movement, Pina is the best possible tribute to Bausch, and to adventurous image-making. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

The result, in Pina, is...wow. Read full review

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Fabian Prioville and Azusa Seyama in "Pina."