Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck on Never Look Away

Published: Feb. 4, 2019, 8 a.m.

For his new film \u2018Never Look Away,\u2019 director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck spent weeks cozying up to German artist Gerhard Richter, whose remarkable life story inspired the movie. Richter seemed OK with the script, but then trashed the film based just on the trailer. Von Donnersmarck is taking it in stride--Richter may not like \u2018Never Look Away,\u2019 but the Academy nominated it for best foreign language film.