M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity
critic Reviews
, 92% Fresh Tomatometer Score- M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity lives up to its title with a thoroughly absorbing look into its subject's brilliantly distinctive art.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter BradshawGuardian
The film proceeds on the undiscussed assumption that he was a great artist. It's impossible not to be a fan.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.com
A rare feature that takes the trouble not just to understand its subject and communicate his significance, but find ways to actually show us, visually, how his style evolved, and the principles behind that evolution.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreOwen GleibermanVariety
"M.C Escher: Journey to Infinity" tells us just enough of what we want to know about M.C. Escher's life, but it's essentially a presentation of his art; it's like an art book that comes to life.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJosh KupeckiAustin Chronicle
Journey to Infinity prompts us to contemplate: our world is not binary, it is infinite. And so perhaps, are we.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles Times
It's a welcome trip for those fascinated by his iconic, mind-bending depictions of illusions, evolutions and eternal cycles.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBen KenigsbergNew York Times
Whether anyone else, including Escher, would have done a more engaging job is debatable, but this movie, directed by Robin Lutz, offers an only intermittently satisfying look at his interests and methods.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEddie Harrisonfilm-authority.com
...this is a meticulous, fascinating film about a great artist whose work lends itself to cinema...
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRob AldamBackseat Mafia
Demonstrating that Escher deserves much greater appreciation, both from within the art world and in the wider mathematical community.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEdward PorterSunday Times (UK)
The fact that Escher's art is tightly self-contained needn't have been a reason for the film to confine itself. Even so, what we're given is a rich bundle of words and images.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRon WilkinsonIt's Just Movies
A mellow journey of logical ponderings made amazing by the subject's illogical pretzel art.
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