Nicola Graef — Playwright (2)

Movie

Kate! the making of an icon (2011)
Kate! the making of an icon Douban
other title: 偶像的诞生
Called an idol for a generation, supermodel Kate Moss is examined as both style trendsetter and high-profile fashion brand in this revealing and intimate documentary. Since her beginning as a gawky, bandy-legged South London teen with an innate sense of scruffy glamour, and her discovery at age 14 by a model agency executive, Moss has craftily maneuvered through the media circus for nearly two decades with stamina and career longevity. Reflecting on the Moss phenomenon are filmmaker Mike Figgis, designer Vivienne Westwood and artist Chuck Close.

Movie

Neo Rauch - Comrades and Companions (2017)
Neo Rauch - Gefährten und Begleiter Douban
Nicola Graef actor: Neo Rauch / Hanna Schouwink …
other title: 尼奥·劳赫:同志们与同伴们 / Neo Rauch - Gefährten und Begleiter
Neo Rauch has a worldwide reputation as one of the most successful German painters of his generation. His paintings fascinate with their enigmatic realism; characters seem to have fallen out of time and appear in a sleepwalklike state. What the painter is presenting shifts between dream, fantasy and elusive reality, comprehensible and unconventional at the same time. The pictorial narrative is never explicit or clear – but nevertheless it leaves the beholder spellbound. The film focuses on Neo Rauch himself. For the first time in years he talks in front of the camera about his approach to art, his universe of images and his personal past, which was deeply affected by the early loss of his parents. Director Nicola Graef shows the artist at work in his studio, observes critical dialogues with his artist wife Rosa Loy and discusses with international collectors, gallery owners and art lovers the phenomenon that is Neo Rauch.