Rivers and Tides - Andy Goldsworthy working with Time

D/Scotland ©2001, 90 min (52min), col., 35mm (S16mm), 1:1,85
Mediopolis GmbH mit Skyline
German Filmprize "Lola"- Best Camera and Best Documentary
"Best Documentary" San Diego and San Francisco Critics Circle
"Best Documentary" German Film Critics Assc.
Golden Gate Award and Grand Prize San Francisco
Grand Prix FiFA Montreal
German Camera Prize
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„Ein Film von fließender Geschmeidigkeit und kristalliner Schönheit... Riedelsheimer begleitet den Künstler auf seinen Streifzügen und dokumentiert minutiös und geduldig den Prozeß des Entstehens und Verschwindens. Die Kamera verdichtet solche Momente zu Artefakten von hoher Komplexität, die frei sind von jeglicher mysteriöser Spiritualität. Denn bei allem faszinierten Staunen und meditativen Verweilen, das über den Bildern Riedelsheimers liegt, folgt der Film wie die Arbeit Goldsworthys dem Pragmatismus der Natur und reproduziert ihre Schönheit als Kunstwerk.
Schnitt Filmmagazin

Ein neunzigminütiger Bilderrausch....So uneitle, ausdrucksvolle Bilder, die sich ganz in den Dienst eines anderen Künstlers stellen und doch eine eigene, spektakuläre Ästhetik entwickeln sieht man selten.
Die Welt

 "That rare film about an artist that is, in itself, a work of art, Rivers and Tides Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time is an extraordinary journey into the world and mind of Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. A land-artist who uses materials from nature to make site-specific works, Goldsworthy allows the elements to have the last say in his beautiful creations, as his ingenious patterns of wood, leaves, stone and ice move and erode over time. German filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer followed the artist for over a year in several outdoor locations, intimately documenting his improvisational process and capturing the serene spectacle of his works and their delicate changes. Although Goldsworthy's private and often ephemeral pieces have been documented extensively in still photographs, this remarkable movie uses the artist's own voice to guide us through his process and help us "...see something you never saw before, that was always there but you were blind to it." Rivers and Tides is a sensual and poetic masterpiece."
Richard Peterson
Music Fred Frith Sound Jane Porter Colin Hood Cameraassistent Dieter Stürmer Unit Manager Mark Austin Dave Tarvit Commissioning Editor Dr. Sabine Rollberg Ute Casper (WDR/arte) Elina Paloheimo Ulla Salonen (YLE) Production Manager Jörg Rothe Co-Producer Trevor Davies and Leslie Hills Producer Annedore v. Donop Production Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH with Skyline Productions Ltd. in collaboration with WDR/Arte and YLE supported by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern Scottish Screen National Lottery Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg