Being one of the most significant, contemporary painters, Albert Oehlen’s approach is complete refusal of the common art circus. In its own way the Film reflects this very stance. Likewise, it questions the purpose of obsolete thinking patterns created by white straight male artists of a certain age that have dominated the art world for centuries.
Direction
Hirschbiegel trolls his own subject magnificently.
Writing
Script dismantles Oehlen's mystique in real time.
Director
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Oehlen is part of the 'Junge Wilde' movement that rejected 1970s minimalism for chaotic, deliberately 'bad' painting—this doc extends that trolling to cinema.
Director Oliver Hirschbiegel previously made 'Downfall' (2004), making this his second film about a man trapped in a bunker of his own making.
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