JEAN-MARIE STRAUB AND DANIÈLE HUILLET AT WORK ON A FILM BASED ON FRANZ KAFKA'S "AMERIKA" | FILMTIP: THE DEATH OF EMPEDOCLES | THE DEFENSE OF TIME
Straub-Huillet Retrospective
Film session presented by Pedro Crispim
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Second part of the Straub-Huillet Retrospective, including films from other filmmakers about Straub and Huillet's work, with the screening of the films "Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a film based on Franz Kafka's "Amerika" (1983) and "Filmtip: The Death of Empedocles", both by Harun Farocki, and "Defense of Time" (2007) by Peter Nestler, presented by Pedro Crispim.
Jean-Marie Straub und Danièle Huillet bei der Arbeit an einem Film nach Franz Kafkas Romanfragment Amerika | Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a film based on Franz Kafka's "Amerika"
Harun Farocki | FRG | 26' | 1983
In a thorough, observational style, Farocki records some of the acting rehearsals with Straub and Huillet on their film Class Relations. Even though Farocki is one of the actors being directed by Straub, this film is wholly dedicated to his and Huillet's working methods, which are repetition-based and totally obsessed with the correct declination of each word.
Filmtip: Der Tod des Empedokles | Filmtip: The Death of Empedocles
Harun Farocki | FRG | 24' | 1987
Returning to Straub-Huillet's universe, Farocki conducts an interview with actor Andreas von Rauch, who played Empedocles in The Death of Empedocles (1986), in order to probe the transforming experience of working with Straub and Huillet in one of their most challenging, yet celebrated films.
Verteidigung der Zeit | Defense of Time
Peter Nestler | GER | 24' | 2007
Peter Nestler, a long-time friend of Straub and Huillet, has built a long, mainly centered in the documentary, film career. His ethical positions are strikingly similar to those of Straub and Huillet. Defense of Time tries to inquire Straub-Huillet's work by resorting to excerpts of their films, their work during shootings, and their own discourse, presented during a conference.
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Pedro Crispim formou-se em teatro na Academia Contemporânea do Espetáculo (2010) e licenciou-se em Cinema e Audiovisual na Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2013). Concluiu o mestrado em Comunicação Audiovisual, na especialização Produção e Realização Audiovisual, pela Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo do Politécnico do Porto (2016) e uma pós-graduação em Argumento pela Escola Superior de Media, Artes e Design (2019). Doutor em Ciências da Comunicação, na especialidade de Cinema e Televisão pela Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (2022) com a tese “Resgates da câmara: Intimidade e unidade de espaço no cinema de ficção narrativo” sobre a relação entre intimidade e unidade de espaço no cinema de ficção. Escreveu e realizou a curta-metragem “Palhaços” (2015), vencedora, entre outros, do Prémio Sophia Estudante (ficção) e da Menção Honrosa do MotelX. Foi assistente de realização de Manuel Mozos na curta-metragem “A Glória de Fazer Cinema em Portugal” (2015). É professor na licenciatura de Cinema e Audiovisual da ESAP, investigador no Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo e assistente de programação da Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira da Fundação de Serralves.