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Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present

  • 20122012
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  • 1h 46m
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7.8/10
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Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)
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A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.A documentary that follows the Serbian performance artist as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
6.3K
YOUR RATING
    • Matthew Akers
    • Jeff Dupre(co-director)
  • Stars
    • Marina Abramovic
    • Ulay
    • Klaus Biesenbach
    • Matthew Akers
    • Jeff Dupre(co-director)
  • Stars
    • Marina Abramovic
    • Ulay
    • Klaus Biesenbach
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    • 17User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    Marina Abramovic
    Marina Abramovic
    • Self
    Ulay
    • Self
    Klaus Biesenbach
    • Self
    David Balliano
    • Self
    • (as Davide Balliano)
    Chrissie Iles
    • Self
    Arthur Danto
    • Self
    David Blaine
    David Blaine
    • Self
    James Franco
    James Franco
    • Self
    Rushka Bergman
    • Self
    Orlando Bloom
    Orlando Bloom
    • Self
    Tim Duquette
    Tim Duquette
    • Subway Photo Shoot
    Brian Lane Moore
    • Self
    Ingrid Sischy
    Ingrid Sischy
    • Self
    Ashton Swinford
    Ashton Swinford
    • MOCA Performer
    Marcus White
    • Self
      • Matthew Akers
      • Jeff Dupre(co-director)
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    • Quotes

      Marina Abramovic: When you perform it is a knife and your blood, when you act it is a fake knife and ketchup.

    • Connections
      Featured in Balkan Spirit (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      Seltzer, Do I Drink Too Much
      By Zhurbin, Lev (as Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin)

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    10/10
    Unexpectedly emotional documentary
    Fascinating, unexpectedly deeply moving portrait of Marina Abromovic, who is sometimes called 'the grandmother of performance art" and her hugely successful retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art'.

    While her past history is never less then tremendously engrossing, the most powerful moments of the film are those showing her new work, unveiled for the retrospective called 'The Artist is Present'. For 3 months, Ms. Abromovic simply sat in a chair all day, taking no breaks, looking into the eyes of any museum guest who sat down opposite her. No talk, and very little movement.

    Yet these encounters are tremendously powerful, often moving both participants to tears (and some of us watching the film as well). This is 'art' taken to it's most simple, naked level. Connection between two strangers, each coming away different for the encounter.

    While all this may sound dry and theoretic, the pure honest emotion and presence the 63 year old artist brings to her Herculean task make watching the film anything but.
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    • Nov 6, 2012

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    • Release date
      • July 5, 2012 (Russia)
      • United States
      • Official site
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Show of Force
      • AVRO Close Up
      • Dakota Group
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
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