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Why Are We Creative?

2018 · 84 min

A leisurely, thoughtful conversation with brilliant minds that invites you to reflect on your own creative spark.

Directed by: Hermann Vaske
Genres: Documentary
Starring: David Bowie, Stephen Hawking, Marina Abramović

Overview: 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?"

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Directed by: Hermann Vaske
Genres: Documentary
Starring: David Bowie, Stephen Hawking, Marina Abramović

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Themes: art
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Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Hermann Vaske
Written by: Hermann Vaske
Starring: David Bowie, Stephen Hawking, Marina Abramović, Ai Weiwei, Angelina Jolie, Quentin Tarantino, Diane Kruger, Yoko Ono
Runtime: 84 min
Country: Germany, France
Languages: German, English

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