Pina

Regina Advento (Actor), Malou Airaudo (Actor), Wim Wenders (Director) Format: DVD

593 ratings

Paperback
$42.00

Genre	Documentary
Format	Import, PAL, Widescreen
Contributor	Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, B駭馘icte Billet, Andrey Berezin, Rainer Behr, Wim Wenders, Malou Airaudo, Ales Cucek, Damiano Ottavio Bigi, Clementine Deluy, Ruth Amarante See more
Language	German, French, English, Spanish
Runtime	99 minutes

Customers who viewed this item also viewed
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
2,423
DVD
4 offers from $27.93
NO TIME TO DIE
9,043
DVD
2 offers from $31.04
168
DVD
4 offers from $19.61
Michelle Yeoh
8
DVD
4 offers from $34.96
2,518
DVD
4 offers from $12.78
135
DVD
2 offers from $14.00

Customers who bought this item also bought
Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1
20
DVD
3 offers from $40.44
Wenders, Wim
286
DVD
3 offers from $50.32
Reed, Carol
216
DVD
4 offers from $41.26
Lockwood, Margaret
150
DVD
2 offers from $40.74

Product description

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Pina is a feature-length dance film with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wupperta, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009. Director Wim Wenders takes the audience on a visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage with the legendary ensemble and follows the dancers out of the theatre into the city and the surrounding areas of Wuppertal - the place, which for 35 years was the home and center for Pina Bausch's creativity. .Pina ( Pina - tanzt, tanzt, sonst sind wir verloren )

Product details

Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No

Language ‏ : ‎ German, French, English, Spanish

Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.5 x 1.5 x 19 cm; 72 Grams

Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 5021866535302

Director ‏ : ‎ Wim Wenders

Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, PAL, Widescreen

Run time ‏ : ‎ 99 minutes

Actors ‏ : ‎ Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Pina Bausch, Rainer Behr

Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English

Language ‏ : ‎ German (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 2.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)

Studio ‏ : ‎ Artificial Eye

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004X1STT6

Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: 49,138 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

37,621 in Movies (Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews:
593 ratings

Customer reviews
4.6 out of 5
593 global ratings

5 star
80%

4 star
10%

3 star
5%

2 star
1%

1 star
3%

How are ratings calculated?
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness.

Review this product
Share your thoughts with other customers
Write a customer review

Top reviews from Australia

There are 0 reviews and 1 rating from Australia

Top reviews from other countries

J. McDonald
Pina.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2021
Verified Purchase
I originally saw this fantastic tribute/documentary on TV before buying the DVD; I hadn`t realised that I knew of Pina Bausch`s choreography already until I saw the excerpt from “Le Sacre du Printemps” - I remembered a vivid description of this from the 70s in a radio review of the production (I think at the Edinburgh Festival); I had also seen stills from “Café Müller” in a book on performance art I studied in the 80s.
The film is a beautiful and moving sequence of performances and interviews; it features some brief footage of Pina dancing herself, but mainly consists of pieces performed by specific dancers from Tanztheater Wuppertal, often in strikingly evocative locations around the city and the choice of music to accompany the expressive dances is excellent – from the troupe parading along to Louis Armstrong's “West End Blues”, Janet Baker singing “Dido's Lament” and a selection of old tango recordings with German vocals.
It's a very satisfying film – one longs to see complete versions of her works.
The standard UK DVD from Artificial Eye has English subtitles (it is a German language film) and there's a short interview with Wim Wenders in English as the only extra.
Read more

2 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Canopus
Review of “Pina” A film about Pina Bausch by Wim Wenders
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2022
Verified Purchase
After watching this DVD I’d now love to see the movie in 3D at a cinema.

The production values, of “Pina”, are extremely high. The sound design is magnificent. As are the sets, costumes and cinematography. The performers are superb. We see former performers, and current performers, tackling the same dance pieces, which is fascinating.

The “Extras” interview with Wim Wenders is quite short. It captures his emotions for Pina Bausch & her work, and something of his personality. He comments on some technical aspects of shooting in 3D, which, I guess, might be of interest to film makers and cinematographers. As with so many “Extras”, on DVDs, the production standards of the interview are pretty low.

I bought this because I was researching “poetic” artists (Romantics) through their work. People such as film makers; Andrei Tarkovsky, David Lynch, the painters; Balthus, Andrzej Jackowski, Anselm Keifer, & the writers Bruno Shultz & Franz Kafka i.e; art that explores the psyche. As with Lynch, and Tarkovsky, there are many Jungian references in Pina Bausch’s art and an exploration of psychological disorder.

“Pina” didn’t disappoint me. I don’t know an unpretentious way of saying this; by documenting them Wenders has put these dance pieces into the canon of European art. Another benefit, and very Wenders, is that some of the dance pieces are set in exteriors that are quite startling; for example; dances staged on, and in, the Wuppertal Suspension Railway, an aerial tram system built in the early 1900s, with commuters as part of the scenes. He also uses archive footage of Pina Bausch performing, which is quite telling.
Read more

Canopus

Review of “Pina” A film about Pina Bausch by Wim Wenders
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2022
After watching this DVD I’d now love to see the movie in 3D at a cinema.

The production values, of “Pina”, are extremely high. The sound design is magnificent. As are the sets, costumes and cinematography. The performers are superb. We see former performers, and current performers, tackling the same dance pieces, which is fascinating.

The “Extras” interview with Wim Wenders is quite short. It captures his emotions for Pina Bausch & her work, and something of his personality. He comments on some technical aspects of shooting in 3D, which, I guess, might be of interest to film makers and cinematographers. As with so many “Extras”, on DVDs, the production standards of the interview are pretty low.

I bought this because I was researching “poetic” artists (Romantics) through their work. People such as film makers; Andrei Tarkovsky, David Lynch, the painters; Balthus, Andrzej Jackowski, Anselm Keifer, & the writers Bruno Shultz & Franz Kafka i.e; art that explores the psyche. As with Lynch, and Tarkovsky, there are many Jungian references in Pina Bausch’s art and an exploration of psychological disorder.

“Pina” didn’t disappoint me. I don’t know an unpretentious way of saying this; by documenting them Wenders has put these dance pieces into the canon of European art. Another benefit, and very Wenders, is that some of the dance pieces are set in exteriors that are quite startling; for example; dances staged on, and in, the Wuppertal Suspension Railway, an aerial tram system built in the early 1900s, with commuters as part of the scenes. He also uses archive footage of Pina Bausch performing, which is quite telling.
Images in this review

Report abuse
Mrs. J. Roberts
Not the usual ballet DVD but worth admiring a wonderful talent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2018
Verified Purchase
At first I was not sure about this, as it was not a complete ballet, and seemed rather disjointed. However, I soon became fascinated by the drive and energy of the dancers, and the innovative choreography. Obviously Pina Bausch was greatly admired. Now, the reason as to why it has not deserved the full five stars is because the wonderful music chosen for each extract was shown only at the end of the film in such small print that it was unreadable. For instance, I would like to have known the soloist in " When I am laid to earth", but even with pausing the DVD it was illegible. However, I was fascinated by such an eclectic choice of musical genres. I would definitely consider more DVDs by such a creative dancer and choreographer.
Read more

2 people found this helpful
Report abuse
J. Waite
Produced mixed feelings in me...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2013
Verified Purchase
I appreciate that this film really inspired a lot of people, but for me it ended up being a little unsatisfactory. I have seen two Bausch performances live and found them fascinating, but in some ways this film 'flattened' her work, particularly in the second half. Here the film turns into an elegy for the choreographer's death, and while the artists are clearly genuinely bereft, I'm not sure it does so much for the memory of a real person to have such arch presentation (pictures of the artists looking sad with extravagant voiceovers about their loss). Also the second half did little service to what I consider Bausch's unique and important contribution to dance by showing so many extracts of solos and duos which began to look rather similar. That isn't the effect her work had on me in its complete form, and some of the extracts (for example of dancers throwing water at each other onstage) actually looked rather weak out of context, again especially when juxtaposed with these extravagant expressions of her guru-like status from the dancers. In short for me it was, at times, sentimental and a bit 'luvvie' - the result of decisions by Wenders not at all a criticism of the dancers.
And indeed the work of the dancers is absolutely wonderful and there are some breath-taking moments. Perhaps I was led astray by the 'hype' as there are some nice things about this film, but you can't beat getting to see the choreography in the theatre. It would be a shame if this film became a substitute for the real thing rather than a way in.
For a really excellent film about an artist see The Artist is Present about Marina Abromovic which was issued at about the same time. That is a warts and all piece which really does complement her work - it shows Wenders' limitations up and reveals how it can be done. Partly this is achieved by concentrating on one work and really showing the professional and personal motivations behind it. Pina is a much more 'surface' treatment than that.
Read more

7 people found this helpful
Report abuse
Mr. P. L. Spearink
What a discovery!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 July 2018
Verified Purchase
I bought this not knowing if I would even get through it but I need not have worried. It was enthralling, beautiful, amusing and above all, completely new to me. How could Pina Bausch have never crossed my consciousness before? Such a pity that other dvd's by her company are so expensive or I would buy them all.
Read more
Report abuse
See all reviews