Product Details

• Actors: Louise Bourgeois
• Directors: Marion Cajori;Amei Wallach
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Zeitgeist Films
• DVD Release Date: June 23, 2009
• Run Time: 99 minutes
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• ASIN: B001ULAUEE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,339 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A fascinating documentary.... Like one of her massive spiders, [Bourgeois] seductively pulls you into a world that is not soon forgotten." --Chicago Sun-Times

Product Description

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine is a mesmerizing cinematic journey inside the world of the modern art legend and feminist icon. As an artist, Louise Bourgeois has been at work for six decades--but always on her own vigorously inventive and disquieting terms. In 1982, at the age of 71, she became the first woman honored with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. She has since gone on to create her most powerful and persuasive work--massive spider sculptures that have appeared all over the world.

As a screen presence, Bourgeois is magnetic, mercurial and emotionally raw. Filmed with unparalleled access between 1993 and 2007, this documentary delicately sheds light on the methods by which her childhood traumas and memories become embodied in objects and installations. An intimate and human engagement with an artist's world, Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine is a comprehensive and dramatic work of creativity and revelation.


SPECIAL FEATURES:
- 16:9 anamorphic presentation, formatted for widescreen TVs
- 45 minutes of deleted sequences, including additional rare footage of Bourgeois at work
- Video interviews with co-director Amei Wallach and cinematographer/editor Ken Kobland
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Extensive insert with essays on the artist and the filmmaking process