Initiation au cinéma [révolutionnaire], France, 1969., director: Jean-Paul Török, documentary
The three rolls of interview with Godard, which was recorded on March 19, 1969, were supposed to be material for the show 'Que'est-ce que la mise en scène?' (What is directing / mise en scene?). → more
Lo incomparable de lo no comparable, France, 2019., director: Paul Grivas, feature film
It's always strange to me when they accuse Jean-Luc Godard of working on a film without a screenplay. On the contrary, his screenplays are extremely accurate as seen in this short film. The pictures we → more
Khaneh siah ast, Iran, 1963., director: Forugh Farrokhzad, documentary
This is a film about the lives of people suffering from leprosy, but also about life itself ... A representation of any closed and claustrophobic society, image of futility, isolation and separation. (Forough Farrokhzadin) The black-and-white → more
Teheran, Payetakht-e Iran Ast, Iran, 1966., director: Kamran Shirdel, documentary
In the documentary Tehran Is the Capital of Iran Kamran Shirdel juxtaposes the real life of marginalized city residents with the positively intoned dictation of a professor reading in front of her students. The official → more
Qaleh, Iran, 1966., director: Kamran Shirdel, documentary
A very harsh and realistic documentary on the lives of poor girls and women in the Qaleh district of northern Tehran, which is notorious for prostitution. This neighborhood is connected to the outside world of → more
Italy / United Kingdom / United States / Greece, 2019., director: Abel Ferrara, feature film
Tommaso is an American with a Roman address. He works on film scripts and teaches acting - and sometimes that just involves breathing and moving around space. Every now and then, he goes to anonymous → more
12 dicembre, Italy, 1972., director: Giovanni Bonfanti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, documentary
December 12, 1969 - A bomb blast at the National Bank at Piazza Fontana in Milan. 17 dead and 88 wounded. Activist and anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli was arrested without concrete evidence only to "fall out → more
Enligt lag, Sweden, 1958., director: Peter Weiss, Hans Nordenström, documentary
A documentary about the Swedish prison system in the 1950s focused on a juvenile prison in Uppsala. At the beginning of the film, the inscription informs us; "The state has censored this movie. We, who → more
Liberté, France / Portugal / Spain / Germany, 2019., director: Albert Serra, feature film
1774, shortly before the French Revolution, somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin. Madame de Dumeval, Count Tesis and Duc de Wand, libertines expelled from the Puritan court of Louis XVI, seek the support of the legendary Duc → more
7/64 Leda und der Schwan, Austria, 1964., director: Kurt Kren, feature film
Kren's movie 7/64 Leda and the Swan is also based on Mühl's material-action. The almost spasmodic use of juxtaposition is repeated, but the captured gesture presupposes greater erotic sensitivity, though the primary action itself was → more
