By Bob Bloom What inspires art? What forces or memories in an individual’s psyche trigger the need to create, to express a particular point of view, to the world? That is the central question of “Never Look Away,” a three-hour-plus historical drama that follows nearly 30 years in the life of Kurt Barnet (Tom Schilling), a painter loosely modeled on Gerhard Richter, a renowned 20th-century visual artist.
ReelBob: ‘Never Look Away’ ★★★★½
ReelBob: ‘Never Look Away’ ★★★★½
ReelBob: ‘Never Look Away’ ★★★★½
By Bob Bloom What inspires art? What forces or memories in an individual’s psyche trigger the need to create, to express a particular point of view, to the world? That is the central question of “Never Look Away,” a three-hour-plus historical drama that follows nearly 30 years in the life of Kurt Barnet (Tom Schilling), a painter loosely modeled on Gerhard Richter, a renowned 20th-century visual artist.