Summary
A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting, literature, philosophy, politics, business and science, are asked the same question: "Why are you creative?"
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 67GoodWatch 70
IMDb6.7
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.3/5
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −12 min on the typical 96
typical 9684Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2018
September 7, 2018
8 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
Germany
France
and 17 more20 people
- David BowieSelf
- Stephen HawkingSelf
- Marina AbramovićSelf
- Ai WeiweiSelf
- Angelina JolieSelf
- Quentin TarantinoSelf
- Diane KrugerSeft
- Yoko OnoSelf
BonoSelf
Umberto EcoSelf
David LynchSelf
Wim WendersSelf
Vivienne WestwoodSelf
Nick CaveSelf
BjörkSelf
Tenzin GyatsoSelf
John CleeseSelf
Jimmy PageSelf
Takeshi KitanoSelf
Oliviero ToscaniSelf
Directing · 1
- Hermann Vaske Director, Screenplay, Producer
Production · 1
- Charles V. Bender Producer
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