Manifesto

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6.5/10

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Cate Blanchett performs manifestos as a series of striking monologues.Cate Blanchett performs manifestos as a series of striking monologues.Cate Blanchett performs manifestos as a series of striking monologues.

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6.5/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 5 nominations

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Trivia
Cate Blanchett portrays 13 different characters, recounting 12 artists manifestos.

Quotes
Various: [as a fifth-grade teacher] Now, nothing is original. OK? So you can steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration and fuels your imagination. OK? And you can devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, buildings, bridges, you know, trees, cloud formations, bodies of water, you know, even... even light and shadows. Now, I want you to select only those things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. All right? Now, if you do this, your work... and your theft... will be authentic. All right?

Crazy credits
Art requires truth, not sincerity.

Alternate versions
Originally premiered as a 130min multi-screen film installation exhibition in mid-December 2015 at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, which then toured various other museum spaces around the world. The 2016 edited film version (90min) premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

Connections
Referenced in Evening Urgant: Dzhigan (2017)

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Featured review

6/10

Great characters, terrifically performed by Cate Blanchett. Beautiful photography. Interesting manifestos, yet I would prefer to simply read them instead of hearing them...

Acting is great and funny. Photography is gorgeous. The manifestos are interesting, BUT I would prefer to simply read them, instead of hearing those manifestos being recited for 2 HOURS by Cate Blanchet. Why? Because these manifestos, which are continuously being recited, are pretty intelligent and thought provoking. The content and it's message, evaporates to quickly when it is being read out aloud so fast. And there is CONTINUOUS reading of these manifestos for 2 HOURS straight, which is a bit overwhelming to comprehend.

That's my only criticism. More breathers in between would have been appreciated. I couldnt cope with even more manifestos after half an hour. However superb the acting and however gorgeous the photography, a simple written paper with the manifesto on it, would have more power and effect.