Austrian and German movie makers are successfully taking up with the boom of film adaptations of literature – and so in the coming weeks moviegoers can also expect some exciting glimpses into the world of Austrian literature: they will be able to see Die Wand by Marlen Haushofer or Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann in a cinema version. >Text & photo (c) wieninternational.at 2012
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“Literature in Images”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, Daniel Kehlmann, film, Literature, Marlen Haushofer, preview, review on 15 October 2012 by delclem“Pumping Iron(y)”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, autobiography, bodybuilding, film, review, USA on 13 October 2012 by delclem
“Born in Austria in 1947, as a young man he got into bodybuilding and became the best in the world. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21. Within 10 years, he was a millionaire businessman. After 20 years, he was the world’s biggest movie star. In 2003, after just over 30 years in America, “Arnie” was governor of California and a household name around the globe.” A review of A. SCHWARZENEGGER’s memoirs Total Recall (c) independent.ie 2012; photo (c) Rolf Hayo, 1967
Rewarded Love
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Amour, Austria, Cannes Film festival, film, France, Germany, Michael Haneke, review on 17 September 2012 by delclem
Austrian French director MICHAEL HANEKE won the Special Award at the Cannes Film festival with his new movie Amour: see the review (c) NYT, 2012
Kusturica’s Nationalist Disneyland
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Andrićgrad, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Drina, Emir Kusturica, film, Ivo Andrić, Literature, Nationalism, Serbia, theme park on 23 August 2012 by delclem
“On 28 June, which is the anniversary of the battle of Kosovo, the Bosnian Serb film maker was going to inaugurate Andrićgrad: a town (theme park?) built to celebrate the work of writer Ivo Andrić. Belgrade journalist Boško Jakšić dénonces a project, which he claims is intent on instrumentalising history and memory for nationalist ends.” Full text (c) presseurop.eu 2012
Another text (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2012
“And Europe Will Be Stunned”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags film, Israel, Poland, review, The Netherlands on 23 June 2012 by delclem
“And Europe Will Be Stunned is a deeply stirring and contentious film trilogy by the Dutch-Israeli artist Yael Bartana, soon to open in Britain on its European tour. Each film is enough to disturb; together they are peculiarly subversive. I do not know exactly what they might mean to Jewish, Israeli or Palestinian viewers, still less to a Polish audience watching some of the scenes unfolding on the site of the Warsaw Ghettoitself. But my sense is that an anxious concern for other people’s reactions is at least part of the trilogy’s content.” >full review (c) THE GUARDIAN, 2012
Photo (c) Yael Bartana/Marcin Kalinski
Half-way there
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Anja Salomonowitz, Austria, film, Moldavia, Spanien, Weinviertel on 30 March 2012 by delclem
Anja Salomonowitz’ film Spanien is “the story of the Moldavian refugee Sava, who, en route to Spain, ends up in Austria’s Weinviertel region and finds work and accommodation in a church in need of restoration. Here, he meets Magdalena, a woman marked by ‘love’, and begins a relationship with her, as well as coming across her vengeful ex-husband.” > text (c) wieninternational.at, 2012
Post-apocalyptic
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Bela Tarr, film, Hungary, Nietzsche on 17 March 2012 by delclemIncredibly intense movie by Béla Tarr.
Depression à la Central Europe.
“The Mill and the Cross”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags film, Flanders, Lech Majewski, Pieter Bruegel, Poland on 12 March 2012 by delclem
“In his new film The Mill and the Cross Polish director Lech Majewski explores the life and work of painter Pieter Bruegel.” Interview (c) wieninternational.at, 2012
“Whores’ Glory”
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Austria, Bangladesh, documentary, film, Mexico, Michael Glawogger, prostitution, sex workers, Thailand on 26 February 2012 by delclem
“Whore’s Glory is the last movie in Austrian director Michael Glawogger’s trilogy about the globalization of the proletariat, which also includes Megacities (1998) and Workingman’s Death (2005). It deals with prostitution inside three culturally different environments (Thailand, Bangladesh, Mexico), stepping deeper into the world’s oldest profession than any film before.” >MORE / interview, stills, trailer
(c) bturn, 2012 (reblogged)
In the lands of clichés and money?
Posted in Uncategorized with tags Angelina Jolie, bosnia-hercegovina, Bosnian War, film, Hollywood, review, USA on 13 February 2012 by delclemIs Angelina Jolie’s first film as a director a revival of “tribalistic” Balkan clichés – or more? On verra… The LA TIMES is quite positive in their review.
delirium clemens 