Head Cold ( Schnupfen im Kopf )

Head Cold (DVD) (*)

~~$30.99~~ $24.97

Original Title: Schnupfen im Kopf
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Subtitles )
Greek ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Gamma Bak

Written By:
Gamma Bak

Actors:
Gamma Bak ..... Herself
Janos M. Bak ..... Himself
Polly M. Bak ..... Herself
Friedhelm Bartscht ..... Himself
Dieter Vervuurt ..... Himself

Synopsis:

Head Cold is an autobiographical work that is emerges in several stages. The form and content of the experiment arises from my method of working, which is based upon expansive collecting and careful probing. The actual work on the project began in the summer of 2001 with an initial project outline; the MiniDV archive of materials consisting of the self-interviews, the conversations held with me, and the video letters from my family and friends began as of spring 2002. Head Cold is biographical narrative, and my story-as both an incentive and an example in one-offers an introduction to the complex topic.

Head Cold is an experimental long-term observation. It follows my attempt to return to a "normal" life-I have had several psychotic crises since the mid-90s, most of which were treated in a psychiatric clinic. By exposing myself to the film as a process, I allow a direct insight into the struggles that I have experienced due to the diagnoses and resultant stigmatization. The subjective approach to the topic seems necessary to me, even if it was initially very difficult for me to "out" myself. The position that I take is that of both how I live with and how I have adjusted to the illness.

What happened? At the age of 18 I went to film school and became a filmmaker. At 30 I had a nervous breakdown, a psychosis. And then again and again. I became chronically sick. After seven years of the disorder I began to film myself and to ask family and friends to send video letters. Eight years later the film is finished; the long-term study accompanies my journey back to "normal" life.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 December, 2011.