Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding

| The Ideal Image
KulturBahnhof Kassel

Bodybuilding and action film icon Arnold Schwarzenegger is interviewed by an art historian. During the Mr. Olympia contest “Arnie” talks his work on his body as an artistic practice: When one's own physicality becomes material, the bodybuilder turns into a sculptor. In her art installation “Sculpting the Body” filmmaker Babeth VanLoo presented Arnold Schwarzenegger as a living work of art: some of the poses were reminiscent of Rodin’s The Thinker. In this short film she reanimates the original recordings in a new cut.

  • Duration: 8 Min.
  • Countries: Netherlands
  • Languages: English
  • Production year: 2019

  • Director: Babeth M. VanLoo
  • Production: Babeth M. VanLoo