A few weeks back, MUBI Podcast host Rico Gagliano traveled to the Cannes Film Festival, camera crew in tow, to chat it up with a cross-section of filmmakers debuting their movies there.
Our mini-season of Cannes conversations kicks off this week with legendary director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club; Paris, Texas), talking about one of two films he premiered at the fest—the 3D documentary Anselm, which plunges the audience into the work of German fine artist Anselm Kiefer. Wenders explains why he loves making art about artists, and how Kiefer’s dark, often confrontational pieces are actually childlike.
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