Wim Wenders’ Dance Tribute Movie ‘Pina’ Gets US Distribution Deal
Here’s some amazing news that I missed last week: director Wim Wenders’ 3D documentary about the famous German choreographer Pina Bausch, Pina, will now get a limited US release.
In a recent interview with Dazed Digital, Wenders described the film as “the complete reversal of what theatre and dance usually is.” It was originally meant to be a collaborative project between Bausch and Wenders, but when Pina Bausch died in June 2009, the work became a celebration of Bausch’s style. Pina is now an elegy, realized by Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal company players through Wender’s lense.
“She discovered a new form. The language of our body has always been there, of course, but we didn’t know so much about it,” Wenders told Dazed.” We feel we know something about this as filmmakers and that we can judge it and give advice to actors and make corrections, but when you see Pina’s work? Then you realise we are all fucking amateurs in this language…”
The Guardian’s review of the film even dared to say that presenting the film in 3D helps created an “immensely attractive” theater space rather that detracts from the choreography. There are no definite US release dates yet, nor any official word on exactly where people should be able to see the film, but keep your ear to ground, because this Pina will definitely be a must-see for 2011.
