With claus hansen petz, arkadiusz rydellek, barbara hinz, renata wypchlo. And forgive us our trespasses the lords prayer abendland begins as a pun. The documentary abendland, directed by nikolaus geyrhalter, uses images of europe at night to explore the ideas of constructed nationalism and political community. Abendland nikolaus geyrhalter 2011 the first time i came across the work of nikolaus geyrhalter was when i watched his absolutely superb homo sapiens, which was so rich, so affective and so beautiful that i had always wanted to explore. Click here to find out how to create lists of items to request later. Flying clipper traumreise unter weissen segeln 1962. Cinematographer i also regard my films as archival material, which people will dig out in 50 or 100 years, watch, and think, they already did it like that back then, or they were still doing it like that. German abendland translates as the occident or the west. The former, whose title is a german portmanteau word meaning nightland, is a film comprised of various activities work, protests, a public appearance by the pope, border patrols. Our daily bread is a widescreen tableau of a feast which isnt always easy to digest and in which we all take part.
Geyrhalter s staticcamera, wellpaced observational films tackle their subjects headon, whether its exploring the terrain in chernobyl, ukraine pripyat, tracing the route of the dakar rally 7915 km, or investigating the production of processed foods our daily bread. Six films by nikolaus geyrhalter offer a damning view of. Austrian director nikolaus geyrhalter s latest documentary is a nocturnal journey examining europes obsession with technology and security joelle stolz tue 26 apr 2011 08. Overdrive items can still be requested, and other digital resources remain available through the elibrary site. Nikolaus geyrhalter, forever working in wideshot, frames up and presents. Both a formal genius and a canny anthropologist, geyrhalter s works form a quietly damning overview of the globalized age.
A pure, meticulous and highend film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas. Trailer zu nikolaus geyrhalters dokumentation abendland. Youve talked about how the vision for this film is more fiction than. They have won numerous awards and have been shown all over the world. Six films by nikolaus geyrhalter 5 torrent download locations. Nikolaus geyrhalter was born in 1972 in vienna, austria. Director, producer, writer and cinematographer, nikolaus geyrhalter was born in vienna, austria in 1972. Due to the impact of the covid19 pandemic, the ability to request physical items has been temporarily disabled. He shows a continent obsessed with controlling its borders as well as its own amusement.
A film poem about a continent at night, a culture on which the suns going down, though its hyper alert at the same time, an abendland that, often somewhat selfobsessively, sees itself as the crown of human civilization, while its service economy is undergoing rapid growth in a thoroughly pragmatic way. Nikolaus geyrhalter is one of world cinemas most renowned and celebrated documentary filmmakers. In deliberate slowness, nikolaus geyrhalter unfolds a visually stunning documentation of european reality. He has directed, produced, written, and worked as cinematographer for numerous documentaries. I agree that the provided personal data, which are necessary for the sole purpose of executing the contractual relationship, are collected on the basis of the. Abendland, a documentary by nikolaus geyrhalter the. Characteristically penetrating, toughminded, and masterfully composed, geyrhalter s new documentary, abendland, is a portrait of europe at night, drawing together glimpses of a wide range of. Geyrhalter shows an array of occupations and activities across an ultramodern europe in abendland. The documentary, which has only scenes at night, explores european obsession with technology and security. Geyrhalter, nikolaus director of photography geyrhalter, nikolaus film director geyrhalter, nikolaus film producer geyrhalter, nikolaus screenwriter widerhofer, wolfgang film producer widerhofer, wolfgang screenwriter widerhofer, wolfgang editor of moving image work arlamovsky, maria screenwriter other credits. The opportunity comes at the right time because icarus films released a dvd box set with six of geyrhalter s films, including, of course, homo. Samsara, ron frickes cinematic portrait of the globe.
He formed his own production company at 22 years old. The bizarre and cruel, beautiful and peculiar can be seen here. Nikolaus geyrhalter takes a look at a paradise with a quite diverse. Abendland, from last year, and this years danube hospital, highlight both the strengths and potential pitfalls of geyrhalter s system of signification.
An interview with nikolaus geyrhalter independent magazine. Nikolaus geyrhalter born 1972 is an austrian filmmaker. European documentarian nikolaus geyrhalter our daily bread, abendland, over the years returned to the berlinale forum this year with homo sapiens, a photographic contemplation of what human impact on the planet might look like after we are gone and nature has reclaimed the debris courtney sheehan. Languid and without judgement, the world is stared down. Characteristically penetrating, toughminded, and masterfully composed, geyrhalter s new documentary, abendland, is a portrait of europe at night. This documentary about europe at night makes you reflect on service processes and infrastructures that never sleep. Still relatively unknown in the states, nikolaus geyrhalter has been quietly revolutionizing documentary film in europe since 1994s washed ashore. Abendland 2011 nikolaus geyrhalter february 3, 2020 this documentary about europe at night makes you reflect on service processes and infrastructures that never sleep. Night work juxtaposed with oblivious evening digression, birth and death, questions that await answers in the semidarkness, a babel of languages, the routine of the daily news, and political negotiation.
Etymologically, the word derives from abend, evening or night, and land, land, country, or state. Abendland is a 2011 documentary film by nikolaus geyrhalter. That is the eye nikolaus geyrhalter casts over the earth. It was released in austria and germany in 2011 and in the united states in 2012. Famous for his unmistakable style which draws on calm, carefully framed wide shots with an eye for geometric compositions, his films eschew commentary or music to create visually striking accounts of places at the margins of our perception while, at the same time, cataloging. Nikolaus geyrhalter takes a look at a paradise with a quite diverse understanding of protection. Considering that no poetic voiceover ties the loose ends, the films eloquence is pretty remarkable.
Nikolaus geyrhalter allows his compositions to speak for themselves in abendland 2011, in which clinical, geometrically composed shots of landscapes simply reflect his gimleteyed view of 21stcentury europe, seen at night. Abendland, by austrian filmmaker nikolaus geyrhalter, meets these criteria by being mostly a meditative documentary in which images do all the talking. The opportunity comes at the right time because icarus films released a dvd box set with six of geyrhalter s films, including, of course, homo sapiens. Founded by nikolaus geyrhalter in 1994, and adding markus glaser, michael kitzberger and wolfgang widerhofer as shareholders in 2003, ngf produces documentary and fiction features and series for cinema and tv.