manifesto
- Release Date
- October 28, 2015
- Director
- Julian Rosefeldt
- Cast
- Cate Blanchett , Erika Bauer , Ruby Bustamante , Carl Dietrich , Marie Borkowski Foedrowitz , Ea-Ja Kim
- Runtime
- 130
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Julian Rosefeldt
- Tagline
- ALL CURRENT ART IS FAKE
Summary
Manifesto draws on the writings of Futurists, Dadaists, Fluxus artists, Suprematists, Situtationists, Dogma 95 and other artist groups, and the musings of individual artists, architects, dancers and filmmakers, editing and reassembling them as a collage of artists’ manifestos, ultimately questioning the role of the artist in society today. Performing these ‘new manifestos’ while inhabiting thirteen different personas – among them a school teacher, a puppeteer, a newsreader, a factory worker and a homeless man – Cate Blanchett imbues new dramatic life into these famous words in unexpected contexts. Rosefeldt’s work questions whether these passionate statements, composed by artists with utter conviction, have withstood the passage of time. Can they be applied universally? How have the dynamics between politics, art and life shifted? And what is the artist’s role in society today?
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Manifesto Trailer: Cate Blanchett Stars in 13 Different Roles
The inimitable Cate Blanchett plays 13 separate characters in the first trailer for the new film Manifesto.