‘Swimming’ or ‘Schwimmen'(OT) is the story of Elisa and Anthea, two most different girls, whose friendship gives them orientation and stability in the most difficult time of their young lives. But their innocent friendship soon turns into dependency. To maintain their cohesion, they develop a game – which turns them from victims to offenders.Read More »
The Cologne author Rolf-Dieter Brinkmann introduced American beat literature to Germany
“Brinkmanns Zorn” portraitiert einen Dichter, der alles auf einmal begehrt – Liebe, Tod, Pop, Hass, Kunst. Bedingungslos gleichzeitig und mit gnadenloser sprachlicher Wucht hat die Literaturikone Rolf Dieter Brinkmann auf jedes Alltagsdetail eingedroschen. Der Film begleitet ihn auf seinen medialen Streif- und sprachlichen Raubzügen durch die hassgeliebte Kölner Innenstadt. Den Original-Tonband- und Super8-Aufnahmen Brinkmanns hat Regisseur Harald Bergmann eine visuelle Welt hinzugefügt, die das sprachliche und soziale Universum Brinkmanns nachzeichnet.Read More »
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The pursuit of truth is a demand that cannot be fulfilled through seeing alone. An encounter with cinema resides through a locale of turbulent openings that allow a mental space for future thought still to be developed. Our very idea of narrative enjoyment is a misnomer, a cul-de-sac that needn’t answer anything other than enjoyment. Yet there exists an avenue where the idea of enjoyment is something only to be savoured retrospectively; the experience of this achievement is of the moment – painful, meditative and transcendental. Philip Gröning’s The Police Officer’s Wife (2013) arrives burdened by existing on its own terms, a film experienced but not particularly enjoyed by most at Venice last year.Read More »