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Bad Painter

2025 · 80 min

A wry, self-aware experiment that blurs documentary and fiction, watching an artist's ego unravel through fragmented interviews and performances.

Directed by
Albert Oehlen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Udo Kier, Kim Gordon, Charlotte Taschen
Overview
Albert Oehlen steps behind the camera to present a portrait of himself, in life and at work, albeit substituted by actor and similarly brazen iconoclast Udo Kier, with musician Kim Gordon as his inner self, interviewer and judge.

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Directed by
Albert Oehlen
Genres
Drama
Starring
Udo Kier, Kim Gordon, Charlotte Taschen
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • obsession
  • ambition
Places
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour4
Realism5
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Albert Oehlen
Written by
Albert Oehlen
Starring
Udo Kier, Kim Gordon, Charlotte Taschen, Grace Zabriskie, Michael Chow, Sean O'Bryan, Victoria Ratermanis, Spencer Waldner
Cinematography
Sven Kirsten
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America, Germany
Languages
English

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