Pina
- Year
- 2011
- Description
- Modern dance pioneer Pina Bausch died while this documentary was being planned, and director Wim Wenders has dancers from Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch pay tribute to her through their improvised movements, and he uses 3D techniques to film them performing some of her pieces in various settings.
- Director
- Wenders, Wim
- Writer
- Wenders, Wim
- Producer
- Gian-Piero Ringel; Wenders, Wim
- Cinematographer
- Louvart, Hèléne; Widmer, Jörg
- Editor
- Froschhammer, Toni
- Production Team
- Sundance Selects, HanWay Films, Neue Road Movies, Eurowide Film Production, ZDF Theaterkanal, Arte, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, L'Arche Éditeur, Pina Bausch Foundation, Pictorion, and Criterion Collection
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, and Spanish with English subtitles
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (103 min.), 1 Blu-ray disc (103 min.), or 1 streaming video (103 min.)
- Type
- Color with some 3D scenes
- Additional Content
- Available in a special edition with 2 DVDs or 2 Blu-ray discs that includes deleted scenes with commentary by director Wim Wenders, an interview with Wenders, behind-the-scenes footage, a featurette on making the film, and a booklet with an essay by novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt. The Blu-ray set also includes reprinted pieces by Wenders and Pina Bausch and information about the dancers and the dances performed in the film.
- Production Notes
- Alternate subtitle: Dance, Dance, Otherwise We Are Lost.
- Original Release Date
- 2010
- Updated
- 04-12-2022
Production Information
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Reviews
RogerEbert.com, Jan. 18, 2012Video Librarian, Jan.–Feb. 2013, 3