Fragments of Kubelka - 2-DVD Set

Fragments of Kubelka - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$36.99

Language Selections:
Silent ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
232 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Martina Kudlácek

Written By:
Martina Kudlácek

Actors:
Peter Kubelka ..... Himself

Synopsis:

This epic documentary subtly introduces the complex world view of iconic filmmaker and theoretician Peter Kubelka (born 1934, Vienna). While Kubelka's radical and pioneering body of films is a highly condensed work of about an hour focussing on the essence of cinema, his legendary lectures often unfold over many hours. These lectures on 'what is cinema' and 'cooking as an art form' are frequently illuminated by the presentation of archaeological objects from Kubelka's eclectic collection. He considers his ongoing collecting to be an expanded film practice which explores the evolution of humanity. Martina Kudlá?ek has carefully woven an open-ended portrait which goes beyond the biographical to reveal fresh insights into the phenomenon of film.

Kubelka's films play and work with the flow of time, compressing the continuous now and presence. His films digest the manifold things of the universe: the elemental energies of light and dark; movement and stillness; the life of animals and patterns of landscape; gesture and dance. With another mode of time Kudlá?ek shared with us Kubelka's patient pace of conversation and listening, exploring things that mean so much to the artist: memories, souvenirs, his past and childhood, his home. All these things entered into Kubelka's films, but here they are brought to light and made part of his legacy as teacher and as artist. In perhaps the most sensual sequence, Kudlá?ek shows Kubelka as he prepares, cooks and then eats Wiener Schnitzel. Following rather than compressing the flow of time, we watch as ingredients embrace each other: egg, flour, meat and butter. We see the browning and transformation of these things exposed to fire, listen to their ecstatic metamorphosis. As Kubelka says, food is a metaphor that can be eaten, a meal is a work of art that can be consumed and digested. To digest, Kubelka tells us, is to embrace the universe. Fragments of Kubelka allows us to savor, swallow and digest these lessons.

DVD 1 - Fragments of Kubelka 1 2012, 134'
DVD 2 - Fragments of Kubelka 2 2012, 98'; 16 page trilingual booklet (German, English, French)
Edited by: Österreichisches Filmmuseum
DVD authoring: Tobias Dressel
DVD supervision: Oliver Hanley

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 June, 2014.

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