2012 · documentary · biography
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Directed by Alison Klayman1h 32m2012
An account of the many tribulations that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, known for his subversive art and political activism, endured between 2008 and 2011, from his rise to world fame via the Internet to his highly publicized arrest due to his frequent and daring confrontations with the Chinese authorities.
Our read: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded documentary · biography entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured documentary / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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