Jørgen Leth: Portrætfilmene

Så er boksen med film 22 til 29 kommet. Portrætfilmene. Som malede portrætter handler de nok alle om kunstneren, som maler, i hvert fald mere end om kunstneren, som sidder, står, er model. Derfor er øvelsen for mig at finde ud af hvad det så er for et materiale, hvad det er for en iagttagelse, hvad det er for en udforskning, som ligger i disse film. Og hvordan det stof føjer sig til det øvrige i det monument af en sammenhængende omverdenstolkning, som The Jørgen Leth Collection nok også, måske især udgør.

The Jørgen Leth Collection, Portrætfilmene: Klaus Rifbjerg (1974), Peter Martins – en danser (1978), At danse Bournonville (1979), Kalule (1979), Step on Silence (1981), Dansk litteratur (1989), Michael Laudrup – en fodboldspiller (1993), Jeg er levende – Søren Ulrik Thomsen, digter (1999) + bonus, Leth om Laudrup (2007). Det Danske Filminstitut 2008 http://www.dfi.dk/boghandel/videoshop.htm

Still: Peter Martins – en danser

Allan Berg Nielsen

Allan Berg Nielsen started the first documentary cinema in Randers, Denmark way back in the 1970’es. He did so at the museum, where he was employed. He got the (16mm) films from the collection of the National Film Board of Denmark (Statens Filmcentral). He organised a film festival in his home city, became a member of the Board of Directors of the Film Board, started to write about films in diverse magazines, were a juror at several festivals and wrote television critiques in the local newspaper. From 1998-2003 Allan Berg was documentary film consultant (commissioning editor) at The Danish Film Institute, a continuation of the Film Board. Since then free lance consultant in documentary matters.

abn@filmkommentaren.dk

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