Heiko Kalmbach’s video portrait of the German-born, London-based photographer frustrates because of the way it hovers between the esoteric and the quotidian.
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09/24/09
If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans (2009)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:0
Rotten:5
Average Rating:3/10
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: Wolfgang Tillmans is one of the best-known and most popular photographers in the world. He became famous in the early 1990s with apparently spontaneous images from the club and party scene, but he... [More]
Reviews for If One Thing Matters: A Film About Wolfgang Tillmans
1 - 5 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
A dull, meandering, lazy and poorly-edited documentary that fails to be captivating and insightful. [U]ltimately a missed opportunity.
09/22/09
It’s like choking down 72 minutes of a stranger’s unedited home videos, only without the occasional cute kiddie or pet to lighten the tedium.
09/18/09
Top CriticThe risk of such hands-off filmmaking is that the narrative itself can become mired in the mundane; there’s little that happens here to shed light on the way this renowned shutterbug works or thinks.
09/16/09
It does little to convince the unconverted of Tillmans's [genius].
09/15/09
1 - 5 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
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