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Considering how many works of art deal with the concept of mythology, this approach demonstrates how these stories might provide important answers on how to define modernity or at the very least provide much needed ideas. At the same time, it is also quite entertaining, from the side of the spectator and the artist, to witness and play around with these ancient stories, their heroes and their topics. With their first collaboration “Happy Lamento” German director Alexander Kluge and Filipino filmmaker Khavn de la Cruz proved their willingness and skill to approach towards concepts of modernity and, through combining the audiovisual worlds of their individual works, find a language to communicate these ideas. Screening at Berlinale 2020, their new feature “Orphea” is a modern re-telling of the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus, a wild mixture of musical and drama, and very much in line with their approach in “Happy Lamento”.
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- 3/1/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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The 70th Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20 – March 1) unveiled its Encounters program today, featuring the premieres of new works by Tim Sutton and Romanian director Cristi Puiu.
Also screening is Josephine Decker’s Shirley with Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg, marking the film’s international premiere after its upcoming Sundance bow, and Gunda by Victor Kossakovsky, whose last pic was the 2018 Venice doc Aquarela.
Encounters is a newly-created competitive section at the Berlin festival that looks to highlight “new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms.” A three-member jury will choose the winners for Best Film, Best Director and a Special Jury Award.
“As a result of passionate research, the 15 titles chosen for Encounters present the vitality of cinema in all of its forms. Each film presents a different way of interpreting the cinematic story: autobiographical, intimate, political,...
Also screening is Josephine Decker’s Shirley with Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg, marking the film’s international premiere after its upcoming Sundance bow, and Gunda by Victor Kossakovsky, whose last pic was the 2018 Venice doc Aquarela.
Encounters is a newly-created competitive section at the Berlin festival that looks to highlight “new voices in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms.” A three-member jury will choose the winners for Best Film, Best Director and a Special Jury Award.
“As a result of passionate research, the 15 titles chosen for Encounters present the vitality of cinema in all of its forms. Each film presents a different way of interpreting the cinematic story: autobiographical, intimate, political,...
- 1/17/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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