Film

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

2022 · 52m · Documentary

We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code. Why are people moved to tears when Robert “Bob” Wilson puts minimalistic petrol pumps into a production of Shakespeare’s sonnets? Why does merciless repetition change our understanding of something? Together with Tom Waits, Willem Dafoe or Marina Abramović we trace back our own experience of Bob’s art. Is it true what Philipp Glass the collaborator of the milestone piece “Einstein on the Beach” laughingly and with apparent pleasure exclaims “what does it mean? It doesn’t mean anything!”?

Robert Wilson

Self

Willem Dafoe

Self

Marina Abramović

Self

Christian Friedel

Self

Tom Waits

Self

Philip Glass

Self

Stefan Kurt

Self

Christopher Nell

Self

Sabin Tambrea

Self

Traute Hoess

Self

William S. Burroughs

Self (archive footage)

• Carl von KarstedtDirector
• Christoph ValentienDirector of Photography
• Imke KoseckEditor
• Nina MühlenkampEditor

Release date

January 16, 2022

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

52m

Genres

Documentary