Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy (2017)

Country: UK|Germany
Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Production Co: Magnolia Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 6.7/10
Length: 93 mins

Storyline

Sixteen years after the release of the ground-breaking film Rivers and Tides - Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time director Thomas Riedelsheimer has returned to work with the artist. Leaning into the Wind - Andy Goldsworthy follows Andy on his exploration of the layers of his world and the impact of the years on himself and his art. As Goldsworthy introduces his own body into the work it becomes at the same time even more fragile and personal and also sterner and tougher, incorporating massive machinery and crews on his bigger projects. Riedelsheimer's exquisite film illuminates Goldsworthy's mind as it reveals his art.—Leslie Hills

Plot Keywords

wind, leaf, river, wall, landscape, butterfly, forest, chainsaw, barefoot

Short Review

There is something almost pagan to the earth magic of Goldsworthy's work; through his eyes we reconnect with an elemental quality in the world around us that, somewhere along the line, we lost the ability to see.