A film blog by Allan Berg Nielsen & Tue Steen Müller
A film blog by Allan Berg Nielsen & Tue Steen Müller
I met Pawel Lozinski at DocsBarcelona, I have known him for many years, appreciating the films he has made (in Barcelona was shown “Sisters” and “Chemo”). He told me about the film project he and his father, Marcel, is working…
Jeg sad i aftes foran tv-apparatet og så en dvd med Greenaways The Baby of Mâcon, og filmen tumler omkring i mig endnu, vil ikke slippe. Så klog til det lærde, så voldsom til det vilde, så smuk til det…
POV means Point of View and is the name of ” American television’s longest-running independent documentary series”, part of the PBS in the US and led by executive producer Simon Kilmurry, who is a frequent visitor to documentary events all…
Wish we had a documentary channel in Europe! We do not. The Americans have: The Documentary Channel, that also offers a very valauable newsletter that advertises the broadcasts of the channel AND a so-called Docstore, where films can be bought…
Here are words about a film project that I have been following for a couple of years. It is in production and will be a good film, I can assure you from what I have seen so far. The producers…
Fra Tue Steen Müllers private videotek: Arkivmaterialets alvor, en dokumentarisk rekonstruktion som filmisk elegi. En gammel mand sad for længe siden i en mørk biograf i Berlin og så Berlin, Sinfonie einer Grossstadt. Skribenten, som fortæller historien, sad i nærheden, ja,…
Fra Tue Steen Müllers private videotek: et topografisk og historisk essay. Min blogkollega har generøst og givet mig eksklusivt indblik i sin blandt kendere så berømte private dvd-samling. Jeg må kvittere med et par bemærkninger om mine oplevelser af disse film, som er…
Vi fortsætter næste uge samtalen om Per Kirkeby, nu i Mandagshøjskolen i FOF-Randers. Vi skal naturligvis igen se Pernille Bech Christensens Pers Metode (2008), men lige netop med den medvirkende vil det være naturligt og vigtigt at huske på hans næsten glemte betydning…
Jeg tror, de var begejstrede, de entusiastiske elever på FOF’s Onsdagshøjskole, hvor vi i dag så Bech Christensens film efter jeg en halv times tid havde introduceret den. Der var faktisk applaus bagefter. Klapsalven gjaldt Pernille Bech Christensen elegante klippearbejde,…
I FOF-Randers’ filmklub skal vi i aften se de fire korte film af Jean-Luc Godard og Anne-Marie Miéville, som ECM Records for nogen tid siden udsendte på dvd indlagt i en smuk lille bog. I vores præsentation af filmene tager jeg udgangspunkt i sidste…
Readers will know that I teach at Zelig Documentary Film School in Bolzano. 3 of the new students, who are in their first year of study, have recently written reviews of films on this blog and I am happy to…
Claus Christensen, redaktør på EKKO skriver i en mailmeddelelse i dag: ”Den kritiske film om fænomenet ”antisemitisme”, som DR2 har tøvet med at vise i snart to år, følger gratis med det nye nummer af Ekko.Er ”antisemitisme” en reel trussel…
Filmen skal handle om lovens bud du må ikke vidne falsk mod din næste, sagde Iikka Vehkalahti, da han bad Honkasalo lave den, og hun brugte i sin synopsis den endnu tydeligere engelske formulering Thou shalt not bear false witness…
It was one of those evenings that you will never forget – and that Mila Turajlic will never forget. A totally packed Sava Centre in Belgrade gave her a minute long applause for her great work on making the 100…
For mig findes begrebet dokumentarfilm ikke. Jeg oplever selv, at jeg laver film om, hvordan tingene skulle kunne tænkes at være, ikke om hvordan de er… (Nina Hedenius) I FOF filmklubben i aften skal vi se Naturens gång af Nina…
Next week’s Dokumania on Danish DR2 this coming tuesday at 9pm, prime time, is the film about American Photography icon Annie Leibovitz, reviewed on this site. If you can not watch Danish television and want to update your knowledge about…
The trade magazine Realscreen – that calls itself ”the best in non-fiction” – announces the American HBO’s upcoming slate of documentaries. Two interesting documentaries are to be broadcasted, made by well-known documentarians – they deal with JFK and Ronald Reagan.…
The Czech born, based in Paris, director Stan Neumann is a real auteur, who has been working a lot for the French-German cultural channel arte as one of the directors trusted by Thierry Garrel, when he was leading the arte…
The Czech Embassy has asked filmkommentaren.dk to announce the screening of one part of the extraordinary documentary series by Lukas Pribyl, previously praised on this site. We do so with pleasure by re-posting the review from 2009 below. The screening…
It seems to be a never ending story that comes out of Belarus every time an election is being held: The – it seems – life-time president Lukashenko pushes his gorillas to attack his political opponents, who are being beaten…
Chilean documentary is much more than the master Patricio Guzman and his films on Allende and the suffering during the time of Pinochet. There are many talents and many authored voices to keep an eye and ear open for. I…
”Yes, this is the way to make a different film for the celebration of the 20 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Playing masterly with the film language, wanting to surprise us. To tell us the same story…
Niels Jensen skrev i Filmkunst (1969) videre om Henning Carlsen, at han med trilogien De gamle, Familiebilleder og Ung (1960-65) var blevet “den førende danske repræsentant for moderne dokumentarisme.” Det var skarpt set og modigt vurderet blot fire år senere,…
Jørgen Vestergaard var ung og begynder dengang i 1961, da han var assistent på Carlsens film fra Limfjorden, men han var som den journalist, han også ville være, herefter erobret af den poetiske måde at rapportere på. På film. Carlsens…
Når der er kræfter (sponsorer eller store distributører) bag, kommer dvd-boksene med de berømte navne og titler, og det fint nok. Når der er vedholdende vilje bag, kommer de andre film også, men enkeltvis eller blot samlet et par stykker på en…
Det er så godt, at Jørgen Vestergaard sørger for at få sine mange vigtige film fra en lang og i ordets forstand enestående produktion ud på dvd. For disse film har alle årene været noget helt for sig selv, og…
An early christmas present for documentary lovers: The offer to watch artistic short documentaries from the country of filmmakers who, if any, master the poetic film language: Lithuania. In times where these kind of films have problems in getting to…
… is the headline of a long, interesting article in the Observer sunday November 7. It serves as a follow-up to the Sheffield Doc/Fest that has been covered excellently by the Guardian, see site address below. The Observer article (written…
For nogle dage siden så vi den alle andre vegne velkendte film i min filmklub i FOF-Randers. Vi fandt os med ét tilbage i zonen i Tarkovskijs film om de tre mænd, som trænger ind i et truende område. Vi…
Sunday in Buenos Aires. As hundreds of other we decide to pay a visit to the St. Telmo market. At the main street of the market I see a stand with videos, and many of the covers are familiar to…
… with the subtitle: Tim Rushton’s Enigma… is a making-of-film, a fascinating observation of the process of setting up of a contemporary dance performance conceived and conducted by Tim Rushton. When the producer of the film – Ole John –…
Richard Leacock, 90 years old in 2011, a master of cinema vérité, always energetic and inspirational… finally gets a filmic homage. It happens now at the Telluride Film Festival and it takes place in association with the first public screening…
Den danske dokumentarserie, bestående af fire film med hver deres egen stil og ”håndskrift”, bliver nu vist på DR2’s tirsdags-strand ”Dokumania” den 24. august og 31. August klokken 21.30. Jeg skrev en artikel til tidsskriftet DOX om serien, her er…
Herzog is – mostly due to this blog’s Allan Berg – a true admirer of the work of the German director – one of the most noticed and praised names of this site. If you write his name in the…
Det er måske Morris’ berømte spejlarrangement ved interviews, som gør det. McNamarras blik, fortælling og tolkning plus hans intensitet former uafrysteligt min opfattelse af verdenshistorien den sidste halvdel af 1900-tallet. DR2 Dokumania sluttede sæsonen værdigt her i sommer med The…
Filmen skildrer det særlige miljø, elever og lærere skaber omkring sig på kunstskolen Bifrost i Randers. Skolen er for voksne studerende, og den har undervisning i maleri, grafik og skulptur; på skift arbejder alle 15 elever med alle tre teknikker. Skolen…
Titlen siger Skt. Petersborg, så jeg er forberedt. Tavse, højtidelige kadetter i legetøjsuniformer fra fortiden på en fornem plads. Floden, jeg fornemmer, må være Neva. De er alvorlige, tager det alvorligt. Det er én scene. Der står et barn let…
Det begynder allerede ved indgangen. Det med Nyrops detaljer. Hver indgang har sine særlige figurer. Her er det vejvæsenets gamle indgang ud mod H. C. Andersens Boulevard. To brolæggerjomfruer i granit flankerer porten. Rådhuset skulle have den danske stenhuggertradition fra…
Den koncentreret vedholdende og omhyggeligt researchende Niels Vest er klar med en ny arkitekturfilm. 17. juni er der i Grand Teatret, København premiere på hans seneste værk i rækken af bygningshistorier vævet sammen med arkitektbiografier, filmen om tilblivelsen af Københavns Rådhus…
In France kids have Wednesdays off from school. For those who have the possibility, it is a day to discover the multiple activities Paris has to offer children. Le centre Pompidou, Beaubourg to Parisians, holds every Wednesday of the school…
Good news from one the most interesting countries for documentary cinema, Lithuania, whose post-independence documentaries have been and are awarded everywhere. Names like Sharunas Bartas, Audrius Stonys, Arunas Matelis, Rimantas Gruodis, Janina Lapinskaite and Giedre Beinoriute (photo from her 2005…
It is all about making extraordinary films about ordinary people… I don’t remember who said so, but it could be a characterisation of the work of Nina Hedenius, the unique Swedish filmmaker who makes all her films for SVT, the…
Himmelnattens kejser er den danske titel, ”en film om synlighed” (eller sigtbarhed?) hedder det i undertitlen. Og for en gangs skyld er undertitlen ikke irriterende og omklamrende. Den er på plads af to grunde. Den er regulært begyndelsen på filmen,…
This years festival Cinéma du reel had a program called Nous deux – Both of us, featuring films made by filmmakers in couples or pairs. Amongst those shown where The Old Place (1998) and Reportage amateur (maquette expo) (2006) by…
More free viewing for documentary addicts. A generous offer is given by the Doc Alliance (the four festivals in Nyon, Leipzig, Jihlava, Warsaw and Copenhagen). Below is their promotion text, and the films are available from April 21-25. When you…
8 excellent documentaries can be watched for free on the net, made available for screening by idfa, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Let me just mention three of them – Florin Iepan’s Romanian ”Children of the Decree” about the atrocities…
Indiepix, American distributor of independent films, including documentaries and experimental titles, offer their films to be bought as a dvd, to be downloaded to your own computer (pc and mac) or to be viewed as a vod (video on demand).…
It’s the Maysles! At this years edition of Cinéma du réel, the festival paid tribute to Albert Maysles. The Maysles Brothers: the late David on sound and Albert behind the camera, classic direct cinema. As was the case two years…
Jeg er ikke blevet færdig med indtrykkene fra Cinéma du réel, eller rettere, der er film, som bliver ved med at trænge sig på. Nu Pauwels’ tre timer lange sag, i to dele (85 og 95 minutter) i udtrykkelig 4/3…
A film that has been reviewed and noticed several times on this site, has finally got the national recognition it deserves. Here is the posting from the IDF site – se address below: On Saturday, March 6, Forgotten Transports to…