The film serves as a sequel to Vaske’s previous exploration, “Why Are We Creative?”. This time the director and his sidekick Michael Madsen are on a mission to unmask and identify the idea killers. Together they analyse the oppositional forces that act as beta-blockers to creative energy – Censorship, Self-Censorship, Bureaucracy, Compromise, Distraction and the Gatekeepers. It’s an existential clash between creativity’s angels and its demons, who are many and lurk everywhere. As Vaske puts it: “The Anthropocene period threatens our very survival. Creativity may be under threat. But often, that existential threat is exactly what makes creativity thrive. A dialectical synthesis of opposites. It’s about time we put creativity on top of the pyramid”. Featuring Marina Abramovic, George R.R. Martin, Björk, David Bowie, Pussy Riot, Isabella Rossellini, Willem Dafoe, Jim Jarmusch, Ken Loach, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese, among others.
