Totally inspiring and original film
I have never said this about a movie before but this film made me laugh and cry. Seriously. If you love art or wonder why we are all here on this planet, this film is for you. The artist profiled, Jimmy Grashow, is so brilliant and sweet and wise and charming. I could listen to him talk forever. Watching him work is a joy. Seeing how the film ends is heart-breaking but life-affirming. The film is so rich, I could watch Carboard Bernini again and again and get something new from it. This is a beautiful film. Loved it!!!
Loved the film The Cardboard Bernini
The Cardboard Bernini is so much more than a film about art or an artist. It's about growing old while remaining passionate about ones desires to accomplish the unthinkable. Through laughter, tears and self-realization, we learn what drives a man to his ultimate goal. This film speaks to something many of us fear, death, the final chapter, while exploring how this ultimate end affects those closest to us. The Cardboard Bernini is about life and the fragility of one's soul and the relationships we form as we navigate the decades spent on earth. The idea of creating a film where perishable cardboard grows in to a magnificent series of interconnected sculptures serves as a dynamic and thought provoking metaphor for our own mortality, and it's a brilliant move on the filmmakers part to take audiences in this direction.
A Masterful Permanent Record of an Impermanent Project
Jimmy Grashow is more than an artist - he's a philosopher, a comedian, a sage, a teacher, and a completely mesmerizing screen presence. Olympia Stone so wisely let him - and his work - speak for him/itself in "The Cardboard Bernini:" the result is a spellbinding trip with Jimmy through the multi-year process of the creation and disintegration of his beyond-intricate, gorgeous cardboard fountain. I was by turns impressed, intrigued, horrified, amused, and inspired - and I don't think I took a breath during the entire film. It's genius!
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