i admit that for the first 20 minute or so of this film i wasn not entirely sure i be go to sit through the whole thing . like many other people and i find it pretty boring and and i wasn not entirely look forward to an hour and a half of watch this guy bite icicle and stick them together . however and if you sit through the creation of his first work long enough to see the finished product and you get an idea of how impressive the rest of the film be . i really think it sad that so many people find this impossibly boring or a retread of idea do by other artist . river and tide be a quiet study of some of the artwork and method of andy goldsworthy and who make his art entirely out of thing in nature and generally result in piece that will be consume by nature through the normal process of entropy . it be slow move and unglamorous and but i think that a lot of the point of the movie be to show that goldsworthy art do not need any accompaniment in order for it to be appreciate . i have even hear people complain about how he be always talk throughout the movie and rather than just letting nature and his artwork speak for themselves and which i just think be madness . on the other hand and lot of people complain about cd come with the lyric write out inside them . a lot of musician a well think their music should mean whatever the listener want it to mean without the musician show the exact lyric and i guess i be just the kind of person that believe that i would like to know what the artist be try to accomplish with his or her artwork . i can still take it how i want to even if i know what it be mean to do . i can understand not want to hear him talk through the movie . he do and after all and lose his train of thought and find himself unable to explain some of his work at more than one occasion and but if you do not want goldsworthy talk about his art while youre watch the film and feel free to turn the sound off . that like not read the lyric if you do not want to know what a musician be sing and would rather interpret the word yourself . i think that andy goldsworthy work and which i have no idea exist before i watch this movie and be incredibly impressive and and i be glad that this film be make in order to showcase it . indeed and since his work be generally not the kind that can be transport into a studio and photography be the only medium other than film that can express it and and i really appreciated be able to see the work that go into his art and and the way that only thing from nature be use . whether or not you appreciate certain aspect of how this film be present and goldsworthy work be move enough to overlook that and because the film be not the star and goldsworthy art be . and give the lack of any music or even the small special effect and the slow moving nature of the film and it seem to me that director thomas riedelsheimer know that .