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From Pablo Picasso’s Guernica to modern disaster films, real-tragedy has always provided inspiration to artists. Nonetheless, while some artworks seek to illuminate or entertain, there is always the lingering suspicion that not all artists have the most honest or helpful intentions. Munich-based Director Sylvain Cruiziat tackles this topic head-on with The Raft, a film that doesn’t just want to provide lively discussion but to provoke heated arguments long after the credits have rolled. Set within an art gallery, it shows the ways in which a well-monied artist has exploited the refugee crisis to serve her own career. At once biting, bracingly beautiful and potentially controversial, this is a film that looks deep into the art world’s heart of darkness, providing a cynical vision of its potential to say anything meaningful about recent tragedies. Making its online premiere with Dn today, we talked to Cruiziat about being inspired by a real exhibition,...
- 5/10/2022
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
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