Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit : & Vermischte Nachrichten /
Two feature films and five shorts created by the noted German producer and director Alexander Kluge.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | German |
| Language Notes: | In German with optional English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian subtitles. |
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[Germany] :
Edition Filmmuseum,
[2007]
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| Summary: | Two feature films and five shorts created by the noted German producer and director Alexander Kluge. Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit (The blind director): In this "film essay," director Alexander Kluge examines the nature of technology and (urban) identity, the intersection of film and new media in the creation of art, and the delusive quest to manipulate timehandles two different stories with both fictional and documentary aspects. In one story, a foster parent cares for a traumatized young girl who is now an orphan after witnessing a car crash that killed both her parents. After the foster-parent does the right thing and takes the girl to her aunt --her court-appointed guardian -- she is shocked to see that neither the wealthy aunt nor her servants are very interested in the girl. An unusual decision follows. In the other story, a director goes blind in the middle of a film project but has to be kept on because of his contract. This situation leads to some philosophizing on the nature of film and art in the modern world. Vermischte Nachrichten (Miscellaneous news): This drama strings together vignettes of events taken from everyday newspaper headlines. Germans are shown in their reactions to World War II, minorities, and the elderly. A side plot follows a meeting between former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and East German leader Erich Honecker. |
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| Item Description: | Title from the container. "Eine Präsentation des Goethe-Instituts in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Filmmuseum München und mit Unterstützung der Kulturstiftung des Bundes"--Container. Films were originally produced 1967-2001. Presented in TV format 4:3. Includes booklet with texts by Alexander Kluge in German and English. DVD-ROM includes texts: Filmalbum von Weinmann/Kluge, Neonröhren des Himmels. Disc does not include Zwischen Mitternacht und der vierten Nachtstunde and Nach jedem Untergang kommt ein Dampfer as listed on the container. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (approximately 296 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD (PAL); region code 0; Dolby digital 2.0 (mono). |
| Production Credits: | Der Angriff der Gegenwart auf die übrige Zeit: camera, Thomas Mauch, Werner Lüring. |