Updated Feb 21, 2012 - 8:10 am
An interview with Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders is an Oscar nominee for his film PINA, a gorgeous 3-D documentary about a renowned choreographer.
It's playing at Seattle's Cinerama Theatre right now and I can't recommend it highly enough. Much like The Artist, that black and white silent film, PINA is mostly a visual experience, with very few words to get in the way of the dancing.
If you're unfamiliar with Wim Wenders, he along with others like Werner Herzog, burst onto the world scene as part of the German New Wave in the 1970's and 1980's. He made some of the great films of our time - like Wings of Desire, about angels in Berlin, and Paris, Texas with Sam Shepard, and The American Friend with Dennis Hopper. He also had a hit documentary called the Buena Vista Social Club about the forgotten musicians of Havana.
And now he's up for an Oscar for his latest movie - PINA.
In my interview with him, one of the things I was most struck by was his attitude toward the Oscars. You know a lot of us are pretty dismissive of the Academy Awards. They're kind of cheap and tawdry in some people's eyes. But a legend like Wenders is actually pretty stoked about his nomination.
By TOM TANGNEY
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