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Release Date: 28 September, 2004 Retail Price: $26.95 OUR Price: $20.21 You SAVE: $6.74! |
Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers & Tides Reviews
Exquisite revelations.
Andy Goldwsorthy has a unique and fascinating way of relating to the natural world. By living and feeling his surroundings intimately, he discovers things about naturally occurring materials that are invisible to the majority, and exploits these qualities to make beautiful environmental sculptures using techniques and designs susceptible to an infinite range of variations. Although he seems inclined to be a recluse, he is also very articulate about his art, and his narration adds much to the film. There is some clever editing, such as showing images of a ram with its large curling horns, which are phenomenally well mimicked by Goldsworthy's curved assemblages of chestnut leaves, held together only with thorns. In fact, I thought I was looking at a ram's horn until I watched him assemble a chestnut sculpture in one of the short extra features (which are well worth watching). The cinematography and soundtrack are also lovely, fully worthy of Goldsworthy's magnificent and visionary meditation on nature.
Fascinating documentary ruined by horrible DVD transfer
As a few other reviewers have noted, this otherwise fantastic film is seriously compromised by one of the worst DVD transfers I have ever seen. While it might pass for watchable on a small TV screen, watching this on a big screen set will leave your eyes watering. The colors are flat and lifeless, details are blurry, and whenever the camera pans slowly across a landscape, as it does a a lot in this film, the whole image jitters and staggers.
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