Leaning into the Wind - Andy Goldsworthy

2018 • 97 minutes

About this movie

Sixteen years after the release of the groundbreaking film Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time director Thomas Riedelsheimer has returned to work with the artist. Leaning into the Wind – Andy Goldsworthy follows Andy on his exploration of the layers of his world and the impact of the years on himself and his art. As Goldsworthy introduces his own body into the work it becomes at the same time even more fragile and personal and also sterner and tougher, incorporating massive machinery and crews on his bigger projects. Riedelsheimer’s exquisite film illuminates Goldsworthy’s mind as it reveals his art.

Ratings and reviews

I'd go to any film about Andy Goldsworthy's work. This film differs from Rivers and Tides, which was peacefully meditative. Leaning Into the Wind seems to explore elements from a different perspective - human persistence, struggle, impermanence, all in relationship to the natural world.