Guns ( Guns / Naissance / La Peur )

Guns (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Guns / Naissance / La Peur
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Venice Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
173 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1980-1983 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Robert Kramer

Written By:
Robert Kramer

Actors:
Patrick Bauchau ..... Tony
Juliet Berto ..... Margot
Peggy Frankston ..... Lil
Hermine Karagheuz ..... Katrin
Béatrice Lord ..... Marie
Keja Kramer ..... Rose
Robert Bonner ..... Le Péron
Robert Kramer ..... Robin
Stéphane Fey ..... Destrez
Michel Trégan ..... Coutard
Manuelle Lidsky ..... Sylvie

Synopsis:

Following a series of films questioning commitment and politics in America and culminating with Milestones 1975, and a 1977 documentary on Lisbon's Carnation Revolution, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal, Robert Kramer moved to France with his family. The first film he made there was Guns, an intricate feature which echoed the paranoid films of 1970's Hollywood. With Guns, Kramer continues his exploration of the militant psyche, while at the same time experimenting with different forms of narration. 'There are two distinct strands of reality in Guns. One deals with the world at large. Tony (Patrick Bauchau), a journalist, speaks of 'a nonsensical story.' We no longer have any way to penetrate this wider world. The other strand concerns our intimate and personal experiences, as represented by Margot (Juliet Berto), who has decided to dedicate herself to caring for her dying mother. This strand comprises everything that results from her decision. I used the decline of Margo's mother as a means of discussing certain things.' (Robert Kramer)

Robert Kramer's latest film, made in France, is a mosaic-like tale involving an international set of characters whose lives intersect against a background of political intrigue. Gun-running to the Arabs for oil security; black labor; political refugees: the story - 'somewhat mysterious, even hermetic at times' (Variety) - is made slightly clearer as the film focuses on the work of the protagonist, a Parisian journalist whose entanglement arises out of his search for the big story.

The film concerns a group of disparate types who support themselves by running guns to the Arabs. On the surface, it would seem that these characters are bad guys. In fact, the guns are to be used by a resistance group who hope to continue shipping oil to the West, despite the despotic curbs imposed upon fuel shipments by their leaders.

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