Title:  Between the Folds

Type:  documentary

Netflix Synopsis:  Filmmaker Vanessa Gould takes you on a provocative odyssey into the mesmerizing world of modern origami, where artists and scientists use the ancient art form to craft works of delicate beauty and to model cutting-edge mathematical theories.  Pushing the envelope of origami to include caricatured portraits and elaborate abstract designs, these experts examine how paper folding can reveal the profound connection between art, science and philosophy.

What I Thought:  Incredible.  I saw things in this movie that I would have never imagined possible.  Origami is created by just folding paper--no cutting, no taping, no gluing.  No addition.  No subtraction.  Just folding.  There are two sides taken in this documentary: those who believe in an organic way of folding and those to believe in strict techniques.  Some believe that no two pieces should ever look the same and that there is no pattern.  How the paper is folded should be inspired by the moment.  Others take mathematical approaches to folding.  Scientists, mathematicians, biologists, engineers.  There are even students at MIT studying folding and the capacity of a piece of paper.  I still just can't even get over this film.  I figured it would just cover the history and its importance in Asian cultures but it's so much more than that.

One of the paper folders featured created the music video for The Format's The Compromise.

Rating:   /  5