Andrey Paounov on Christo in Walking On Water: "You have the human humour moments and then you have the intensity of the other elements - this to me builds a fascinating film. It's very much based on subtext."
In Michael Almereyda's Marjorie Prime, starring Lois Smith and Jon Hamm, a young Marjorie played by Hannah Gross watches Albert Maysles' documentary on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 2005 Central Park installation The Gates to mark time.
Andrey Paounov, the director of Walking On Water, in the second installment of our conversation, discusses his first fiction film, which he notes is a Samuel Beckett Waiting For Godot meets Stanley Kubrick's The Shining spaghetti western set in Eastern Europe, a 2016 Brexit moment during the creation of The Floating Piers, Christo's eyelashes, the artist's Barbour jacket, and raw eggs.
Andrey Paounov on Vladimir Yavachev trimming Christo's eyelashes: "It's my favourite scene in the film.
In Michael Almereyda's Marjorie Prime, starring Lois Smith and Jon Hamm, a young Marjorie played by Hannah Gross watches Albert Maysles' documentary on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's 2005 Central Park installation The Gates to mark time.
Andrey Paounov, the director of Walking On Water, in the second installment of our conversation, discusses his first fiction film, which he notes is a Samuel Beckett Waiting For Godot meets Stanley Kubrick's The Shining spaghetti western set in Eastern Europe, a 2016 Brexit moment during the creation of The Floating Piers, Christo's eyelashes, the artist's Barbour jacket, and raw eggs.
Andrey Paounov on Vladimir Yavachev trimming Christo's eyelashes: "It's my favourite scene in the film.
- 6/2/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Walking On Water director Andrey Paounov on Christo: "Every one of his projects is like a small art war. I find it extremely fascinating. Just for cinema this is incredible." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Walking On Water, directed by Andrey Paounov and edited with Anastas Petkov, produced by Izabella Tzenkova and Valeria Giampietro, captures the creation of Christo's Floating Piers at Lago d'Iseo in Northern Italy, and the creator at war with himself and those around him in an intimate and public in-your-face way.
Andrey Paounov: "It's all about character and character development and really trying to sculpt this piece that allows you to kind of walk into Christo's shoes."
In my conversation with Andrey Paounov we start with the emotional journey Christo ignites as he tries to get The Floating Piers off the ground and onto a body of water. Vladimir Yavachev, a relentless driving force on the project, was the director's initial connection.
Walking On Water, directed by Andrey Paounov and edited with Anastas Petkov, produced by Izabella Tzenkova and Valeria Giampietro, captures the creation of Christo's Floating Piers at Lago d'Iseo in Northern Italy, and the creator at war with himself and those around him in an intimate and public in-your-face way.
Andrey Paounov: "It's all about character and character development and really trying to sculpt this piece that allows you to kind of walk into Christo's shoes."
In my conversation with Andrey Paounov we start with the emotional journey Christo ignites as he tries to get The Floating Piers off the ground and onto a body of water. Vladimir Yavachev, a relentless driving force on the project, was the director's initial connection.
- 5/29/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Few artists deserve the moniker “maverick” as much as Christo, and few documentarists are as attuned to the intersection of visual delight and strong personality as Andrey Paounov (“The Boy Who Was a King”). Neither man has any use for the wishy-washy, which is just one of the reasons why it was natural the latter should make a film about the former — and not merely because they’re both Bulgarian. “Walking on Water” chronicles Christo’s glorious 2016 project in which he unfurled a golden path across Lake Iseo in northern Italy, designed to let people literally stride across the gently undulating surface. The artist’s forceful character does battle with technology, bureaucracy, corruption and the elements, resulting in an installation of stunning beauty and a documentary that delights in capturing the act of creation. Art houses with regular documentary programs will have a crowd-pleaser on their hands.
It’s the audaciousness of Christo’s work,...
It’s the audaciousness of Christo’s work,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
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