Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.
Pina is a visually extraordinary documentary that transcends the conventional concert film format. Wim Wenders' use of 3D cinematography to capture Pina Bausch's Tanztheater is genuinely innovative — the spatial depth serves the dance rather than gimmickry, making it one of the most justified uses of the format in cinema. The performances by the Tanztheater Wuppertal ensemble are deeply expressive and emotionally raw, functioning as 'acting' in the fullest sense. Novelty is high: there is simply no other film quite like it in conception or execution. The narrative structure (if it can be called that) is minimal, which keeps Plot low, and the ending, while elegiac, doesn't fully resolve the emotional arc the film builds. A singular tribute to a singular artist.