Hermann Vaske: Why are you creative?
Spike Lee: Who me? Why do I do what I do?
Vaske: Yeah, what drives you?
Lee: I just really feel I was put here to make films.
Vaske: Tell stories.
Lee: Tell stories.
Special first-time Canadian screening!
Presented by the Goethe-Institut Toronto:
Wednesday, 11 Sept 2019, noon
free. first come, first served. doors open 11.45am.
WHY ARE WE CREATIVE? (2018, 82 min) documentary by Hermann Vaske (
trailer)
With music by Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten)
Nominated for Cinema for Peace Award "Most Valuable Documentary 2019“
Festivals: Venice 2018, Warsaw 2018, Sao Paulo 2018, Raindance 2019
Attendees have a chance to win TIFF tickets after the show!
For over 30 years director Herman Vaske has filmed the worldʼs most intriguing artists and thinkers, including over 50 luminaries, among them Academy Award and Nobel Prize winners, from the fields of visual art, music, acting, philosophy, politics, business and science, posing one question: “Why are you creative?”
The subjects of Vaske's long-term book and film project include: David Bowie, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Starck, Yoko Ono, David Lynch, Yohji Yamamoto, Damien Hirst, Angelina Jolie, Nobuyoshi Araki, Quentin Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Neo Rauch, Stephen Hawking, the Dalai Lama, Peter Ustinov, Marina Abramovic, Diane Kruger, Julian Schnabel, John Cleese, Jimmy Page, Vivienne Westwood, Takeshi Kitano and many others. Locations span from the suites of the Carlton in Cannes to the beaches of Santa Monica. From the deserts of New Mexico to the karaoke bars of Tokyo. From the penthouses of New York to the dungeons of Berlin.
images courtesy H. Vaske
