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Event date: Sunday Mar 25th, 2012 Gene Siskel Film Center premieres "Gerhard Richter Painting" Sun, Mar 25, 2:45pm & Wed, Mar 28, 8:15 pm Often considered the greatest living painter, Richter is notoriously camera-averse and taciturn...which makes it all the more remarkable that director Corinna Belz was given unprecedented access to film this up-close documentary over a period of three years. She patiently gets Richter to open up about his art and life, including a moving recollection of his complete break from his East German past. But the most astounding revelations are done silently, with squeegee in hand, as we watch him evolve two new paintings in a never-ending process of dissatisfaction and revision. Gene Siskel Film Center http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org 164 N. State St. Chicago, IL 60601 312-846-2800