Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Essential Documentaries
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1h 11m
Directed by Alison Chernik | 72 mins | 2006
Shot during the development of Barney’s massively ambitious film Drawing Restraint 9, made in collaboration with Björk, Chernick’s behind-the-scenes documentary offers a first-hand account of the artist’s artistic process, as well as the logistical challenge of getting 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly onto a Japanese whaling boat.
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