Directed by:
Hermann VaskeScreenplay:
Hermann VaskeCinematography:
Patricia LewandowskaCast:
Hermann Vaske (guide), David Bowie, Marina Abramović, Quentin Tarantino, Blixa Bargeld, Weiwei Ai, Björk, Nick Cave, Vivienne Westwood, Angelina Jolie (more)Plots(1)
As part of a personal quest, for over 30 years director Hermann Vaske asked the world's most famous personalities the same question: "Why are you creative?" His subjects included: David Bowie, Ai Weiwei, Björk, Wim Wenders, Philippe Stark, Yoko Ono, David Lynch, Nobuyoshi Araki, Quentin Tarantino, Bono, Nick Cave, Stephen Hawking, the Dalai Lama, Marina Abramović, Vivienne Westwood, Takeshi Kitano and many others. “Einstein wanted to know why God created the world, I wanted to know why people are creative. A naive and stupid question that brought me the most unique cast in the world”. (Warsaw Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Hermann Vaske (guide)
David Bowie
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) (concert)
The Prestige (2006)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Marina Abramović
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
DAU. Degeneration (2020)
Quentin Tarantino
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Django Unchained (2012)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Blixa Bargeld
Best movies:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos (1998) (video compilation)
Wings of Desire (1987)
The Mummy (1999)
Weiwei Ai
China
Björk
Iceland
Best movies:
The Work of Director Chris Cunningham (2003) (video compilation)
Björk: Volumen (1999) (video compilation)
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Nick Cave
Australia
Best movies:
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds: The Videos (1998) (video compilation)
Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace (2020) (concert)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Angelina Jolie
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Gia (1998) (TV movie)
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
Best movies:
Enya: The Video Collection (2001) (music video) - a.f.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) - a.f.
Malcolm X (1992)
Bono
Ireland
Best movies:
Linkin Park & Friends Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington (2017) (concert) - a.f.
U2: The Best of 1980-1990 (2002) (video compilation)
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Stephen Hawking
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) (video compilation)
Russ Meyer
USA
Best movies:
Up! (1976)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Motor Psycho (1965)
John Cleese
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Life of Brian (1979)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (TV movie)
Jimmy Page
UK
Best movies:
Blow-Up (1966)
Yoko Ono
Japan
Best movies:
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon (2003) (music video)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (concert)
Tenzin Gyatso
Tibet
Sean Penn
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Persepolis (2007)
Diane Kruger
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Merry Christmas (2005)
Mr. Nobody (2009)