Archive for November, 2012
Markus Imhoof : More Than Honey
Thursday, November 29th, 2012In autumn 1985 Ron wrote in KINO – German Film No: 20: Swiss director Markus Imhoof is remembered for his Academy Award Nomination in the Best Foreign Film category for The Boat is Full (1980), wich also won a Silver Bear at the Berlinale. Working with both Swiss and German backing, Imhoof has developed in particular […]
Dr. Ralf Schenk Vorstand der DEFA Stiftung
Friday, November 23rd, 2012In “Film and Cinema in Eastern Germany” – SPECIAL ISSUE – in KINO – German Film No: 71 from 2000 we wrote: While editing this special issue, we have relied heavily on the advice and knowledge of Ralf Schenk, the same astute film journalist and historian who collaborated with us in 1997 on KINO 64/65, the […]
Fraktus – Das letzte Kapitel der Musikgeschichte
Friday, November 23rd, 2012Fraktus ist ein Mythos! Fraktus ist Kult! DIE Band, die mit ihrem wegweisenden und innovativen Sound (erzeugt auf größtenteils selbstkreierten Instrumenten) in den 80er Jahren, zwischen Krautrock und Neuer Deutscher Welle, die Musikszene prägte. Sie sind die Erfinder des Techno und des Smilie! Hochgelobt und geschätzt von den Musiker-Kollegen. Doch was eins so hoffnungvoll in Brunsbüttel, […]
Wallenberg – eine Theateraufführung
Monday, November 19th, 2012Seit Jahren hat mich eine Theateraufführung nicht mehr so tief berührt, wie das Drama Wallenberg von Ernst Pichler. Raoul Wallenberg, der schwedische Diplomat, rettete 1944/45 in Budapest tausende jüdischer Menschen. Januar 1945 geriet Wallenberg in die Gefangenschaft der sowjetischen Armee und wurde nach Moskau ins Gefängnis des Geheimdienstes, der Lubjanka, gebracht. Juli 1947 sei Wallenberg […]
Die Vermessung der Welt
Thursday, November 8th, 2012In 2005 German author Daniel Kehlmann wrote a historical novel Die Vermessung der Welt. The novel is a fictitious biography of the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and the German geographer Alexander von Humboldt. The book was a bestseller with 2 million sold copies now and it has been translated in 40 other languages. Doing an adaptation for cinema was […]
Obama re-elected
Thursday, November 8th, 2012How happy would be Ron; his hometown was also Chicago. There Ron marched with Martin Luther King, founded a film centre und collaborated with the film and visual arts section of the World Council of Churches. In 2008 Ron voted for Barack Obama.
“Because the night belongs to lovers, because the night belongs to us.”
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012In KINO – German Film No:95 begann Ron Holloways Bericht zur Berlinale 2009 wie folgt: Asked whether the Berlinale has fostered an image as a “political” film festival, Christoph Schlingensief, the German jury member at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival (5-15 February 2009), stated frankly: “A competition entry here scarcely stands a chance otherwise.” Schlingensief, a […]
Pier Paolo Pasolini & Harry Raymon Exhibitions
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012Recently, Berlin’s Schwule Museum(Gay Museum) presented two exhibitions about two gay filmmakers on display. One is the internationally famous Italian film director, poet and writer, Pier Paolo Pasolini; the other, Harry Raymon, did not go beyond the border so much, that surprises us still more. In celebration of Pasolini’s 90th birthday his works are on […]
Sacharow-Preis an Filmemacher Jafar Panahi
Monday, November 5th, 2012Die Preisträger des Sacharow-Preises für die Freiheit des Geistes des EU Parlaments kommen in diesem Jahr aus dem Iran. Es sind die Anwältin Nasrin Sotudeh und der Filmemacher Jafar Panahi. In KINO – German Film No: 100 (2011) beginnt der Bericht über die Berlinale 61 so: An opening with political gravitas. Before he introduced the International […]