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  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 45 m

Summary Ten years after the passing of his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, Christo sets out to realize The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before. Boasting uncensored access to the artist and his team, Walking on Water is an unprecedented look at Christo’s process, from the inception through to the completi...

Directed By: Andrey Paounov

  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 45 m
  • 2019
  • Kino Lorber
  • 1 h 45 m

Walking on Water

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Ten years after the passing of his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude, Christo sets out to realize The Floating Piers, a project they conceived together many years before. Boasting uncensored access to the artist and his team, Walking on Water is an unprecedented look at Christo’s process, from the inception through to the completi...

Directed By: Andrey Paounov

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83
May 24, 2019
Whether you deem this project an extravagant boondoggle or a masterpiece, you have to admire Christo’s tenacity in finally making it happen, as chronicled in the documentary Walking on Water.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 6, 2019
The documentary has a pleasing offhandedness. The same cannot be said of its subject. Christo, who turns 84 on June 13, is precise and highly directed.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 4, 2019
Walking on Water is essential for any devotee of the arts, as this shows a project from fruition to dismantling, a full life cycle of an art installation if you will. I, for one, found it very fascinating.
By Lorry Kikta FULL REVIEW
70
May 16, 2019
We spy on an artist who races around like a mad scientist, and who seems comically befuddled by technology. His passion is genuine, as is his sense of wonder.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
63
May 27, 2019
The documentary might make you believe in miracles, considering how tedious — if not impossible — this interactive artwork comes across.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
50
May 24, 2019
The movie remains patchy as it continues to jump somewhat arbitrarily from day to day without fully realizing its subject matter. The one dependable constant in all of this is Christo himself. Smiling ecstatically one minute, despondently hangdog the next, he exhibits a genius lunacy on par with his life’s work.
By Steve Davis FULL REVIEW
50
May 14, 2019
Though it starts uneventfully, the doc perks up in its second half, highlighting the kind of practical headaches nearly no other artist in the world has to contend with.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Kotva Films, Ring Film
Release Date May 17, 2019
Duration 1 h 45 m
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Awards

DOC NYC
• 1 Nomination
Gasparilla International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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