PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Hermann Vaske, director of the documentaryWhy Are We Creative?.
Director Hermann Vaske presented his documentary feature Why Are We Creative? at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in the Giornate degli Autori strand. The documentry finds Vaske asking some of the greatest internationally renowned artists and thinkers a simple question: “Why are you creative?” In this interview, we talk about the idea for this interesting project, discuss the topic of creativity and more. The film will distributed in Italy via I Wonder.
Why Are We Creative?: As part of a personal quest, for over 30 years director Hermann Vaske filmed the world’s most intriguing artists and thinkers, including over 50 luminaries, among them Academy Award and Nobel Prize winners, from the fields of visual art, music, acting, philosophy, politics, business and science, posing the question: “Why are you creative?” Vaske’s subjects include: David Bowie, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, John Hegarty, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Quentin Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawkins, the Dalai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic, Diane Kruger, Julian Schnabel, John Cleese, Jimmy Page, Vivienne Westwood, Takeshi Kitano and many others.
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