Never Look Away

Never Look Away

  • Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • Countries of origin: Germany, Italy
  • Language: German, Russian
  • Release date: October 3, 2018
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Work Without Author
  • "Never Look Away" is a feature film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Tom Schilling , Sebastian Koch , Paula Beer and Saskia Rosendahl . It premiered on September 4, 2018 in the main competition section of the Venice International Film Festival, 2018 It will be screened in Germany on October 3.
    The film is adapted from the life experience of German visual artist Gerhard Richter . Through the story of the artist's first half of his life, it shows how he pursues art, finds art, and achieves success on the road of life. 

    Details

    • Release date October 3, 2018
    • Filming locations Dolnoslaskie, Poland
    • Production companies Pergamon Film, Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, Beta Cinema

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,304,042

    Gross worldwide

    $6,193,234

    Movie reviews

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    • By Tremayne 2022-07-13 11:31:07

      Never Look Away--Art Is Both Secondary And Important

      He devotes himself to art, seeking only true beauty. Under the chaos of war and repression, art is often both secondary and important. In Schindler's List, only available productivity like a mechanic can avoid being sent to concentration camps, and fluent writers and teachers of literature and history can only save their lives by entering the enamel factory in disguise. He devotes himself to art, seeking only true beauty. Under the chaos of war and repression, art is often both secondary and...

    • By Shaun 2022-06-20 15:55:06

      Never Look Away--The Perfect Union Of Art And Politics

      The re-enactment of real people and events, the seamless integration of art and politics, and the works that last more than three hours truly make people feel the joys and sorrows of the times. The sincere emotions are reflected in every stage of the male protagonist's life, from childhood to adulthood. The fact that his aunt and wife have the same name may appear coincidental, but it has become a feature of his work's construction. Art student Kurt Barnert falls in love with classmate...

    • By Donna 2022-06-20 15:50:50

      Never Look Away--Such an Intense Sensory Impact

      The longer I live and the more experiences I have, the more I want to go back to my childhood, to recover the purity of looking at the world without any prejudice, without any secular color. And that's pretty hard, especially when you've been through so much.

      Learning a language is a difficult process. The culture brought about by the...

    • By Kenton 2022-04-23 07:03:52

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      Generally speaking

      I am very happy

      Generally speaking

      i'm in pain too

      And recently, this "sense of meaninglessness" in life has reached its peak.

      What's more painful is that I am trying to solve an extremely complex mystery that may never have an answer, and even if there is, there is no way to prove it.

      but i won't stop

      Because that's the most interesting thing

      And I have a vague feeling that one day I will know after a lot of practice and...

    • By Reese 2022-04-23 07:03:52

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      The front is very exciting and very attractive, and the back is a little procrastinated, not as exciting as the front. Auntie looks so beautiful, I can't believe that she just died like this, always thinking that there will be a woman who looks like her or that she is not dead. Because the aunt is too beautiful, she is very disappointed with the heroine who came out later, and it is difficult to accept psychologically. Are they all 95 years old? She looks exactly the same age as the...

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    • By Keeley 2023-09-29 17:51:11

      Politics kills humanity, and art helps people return to themselves. Comparing various ideologies, Bourgeois is the most tolerant of art. It is similar to Farewell My Concubine in telling about the hardships and rebirth of art through the...

    • By Name 2023-08-31 10:32:09

      His eyes were blue water...

    • By Tiara 2023-08-05 17:36:55

      7/10. When Kurt stretched out his hand to cover his vision in childhood, the camera changed from clear to blurred, and then showed his aunt being dragged into an ambulance that was taken to the gas chamber, and a nurse taking a group photo. From this, the audience understands that history interweaves into a moment of stare, which brings about the redemption of art and the trial of truth: the East German professor stares at the Kurdish portrait of the proletariat. Going to the studio to stare at...

    • By Dennis 2023-08-05 00:10:35

      "But painting is dead."//And a painter's subjective influence and selective expression can make a photo different as well//Even the art we need is a variety of different styles of art more artistic or More political//Are German films doing similar reflections over the past few years or have they been doing it all the time? // just too...

    • By Javon 2023-08-01 15:22:26

      The second half is very...

    Movie plot

    Kurt ( Tom Schilling ornaments) in the context of the growth of Nazi Germany, his aunt was locked up in concentration camps, Nazi doctors after Karl West, Professor Bender ( Sebastian Koch ornaments) killed in concentration camps. Kurt successfully escaped to West Germany before the completion of the Berlin Wall and entered the Dusseldorf Academy of Fine Arts. However, he was still deeply tortured by the shadows and traumas of the Nazi...
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    Early publicity

    On July 29, 2018, the film crew released a new poster and set photos   . On September 4th, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and the leading actors Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer and others attended the premiere of the Venice International Film Festival   . On September 8th, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck attended the Toronto International Film Festival with starring Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch and Paula...
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    Evaluation action

    The film is full of emotions, subtle, and full of characters. It is undoubtedly good-looking. The film integrates the change of power into the protagonist’s pursuit of art. The three-hour film re-examines the history of the three periods in Germany, almost blinking. Immediately. (Phoenix Review) 
    The story of "Never Look Away" can be said to be long and complicated. The plot is very horse-ridden and dog blood is scattered from...
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    Movie quotes

    • Kurt Barnert: You're so beautiful, it's almost unromantic. It's far too easy to love you. Do you love me? Do you love me? Otherwise it doesn't work for me. Without love, it won't work.

    • Kurt Barnert: Nobody has the intention. It usually means the opposite is true.

      Professor Antonius van Verten: But somehow it's almost art, that wall.

    • Professor Antonius van Verten: Don't vote for anyone. Never vote for another party again. Vote for art. It's either-or. In art only, freedom is not an illusion.After the Nazi catastrophe, only the artist can give people back their sense of freedom. Every individual, whether he's a garbage man or a farmer, has the chance to be an artist. if he develops his own subjective abilities without external guidelines. If you aren't free... completely free, then nobody else will be. By making yourselves free, you are liberating the world. You are priests. You are revolutionaries. You are liberators. Make your burnt offerings!

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