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Patience
Directed by
Grant Gee
Not Rated
2012
90m
Documentary
7.0
90%
69%
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Using the late WG Sebald's book "The Rings of Saturn" as its template, this documentary traces the immensely respected author's account of a walk through Suffolk; a tour which prompted tangential musings.
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Where to Watch Patience
Apple TV
Rent $4.99
Buy $9.99
Cast of Patience
Jonathan Pryce
Voiceover
Tacita Dean
Self
Grant Gee
Director
W. G. Sebald
Writer
Sarah Caddy
Producer
Gareth Evans
Producer
Di Robson
Producer
Patience Ratings & Reviews
IONCINEMA.com
Jordan M. Smith
Through it's black and white leaning landscapes, and overlapping interview snippets, a heartfelt experimental critique can be found, but those unfamiliar with Sebald and his work may get lost in the multi-layered cross cutting.
From the Front Row
Mattie Lucas
By pairing Sebald's words with such gorgeous imagery, Gee creates something deeply sublime.
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
The film is finally only an enjoyable tour, almost devoid of the book's resonances.
New York Post
Farran Smith Nehme
Sometimes the scenery is breathtaking, but more often the narration lends the landscape an interest it wouldn't otherwise have.
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
A visionary composition on a series of spoken reflections about a literary work - itself full of layered free-association - Gee's intricate, prismatic film might sound as if it must be buried in abstraction.
AV Club
Noel Murray
In a way, Patience is a lot like how one of its interview subjects describes an attempt to do Sebald's walk: He says he could retrace the steps, but not the experiences, or the revelations.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
Curious souls new to this writer will discover a useful introduction (including passages from "The Rings of Saturn," read by the actor Jonathan Pryce) and a handy map.
Village Voice
Michelle Orange
Retraces Sebald's steps, reuniting the novel's descriptions of actual places and spaces with their images and weaving in illuminating commentary from admirers (Rick Moody, Robert McFarlane).
Film Journal International
Eric Monder
A fresh, strange, downbeat new entry to the "nonfiction art film" genre.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
This deconstructive pic never wields Sebald's subversive power but follows evocatively in his wake.
Slant Magazine
Kenji Fujishima
A wide-ranging piece of literary criticism brought to vivid cinematic life, bursting with ideas and inspired visual translations of them.
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