HANDS ON FASSBINDER – #5 TELEVISION STORIES
On October 27 and 28 with lectures and discussions in Berlin
The series of events taking place in 2012 under the umbrella title of HANDS ON FASSBINDER is a collective project mounted by the German film journal REVOLVER, the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB), the Berlin cinema Zeughauskino, the RWFF and the German Federal Agency for Civic Education. The project has been made possible by a grant from the German Capital Cultural Fund
TELEVISION STORIES deals with the realities of TV-series production in Germany. For Fassbinder, television was not just a very important medium but also a faithful production partner. The series he created with the broadcaster WDR are today regarded as numbering among his major works, above all his film adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ. In addition, his two-part science fiction film WORLD ON A WIRE, the five-part “worker series” EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY, and the project DEBIT AND CREDIT, which was never realized, have each in their own way written film history. As part of HANDS ON FASSBINDER, the controversies surrounding these works will be discussed from a current perspective. The working possibilities and conditions available to TV-series creators today reveal the enormous changes that have taken place in the television landscape since Fassbinder’s death. And what does the viewing public actually want to see now that it can choose from at least ten times as many TV channels as it could back then?
An overview of the current program:
Saturday, October 27, in the .CHB
2:00 p.m. / FILM
EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY
Part 1: Jochen and Marion
Director/Script: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Cast: Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Luise Ullrich, Werner Finck (FRG 1972, 101’, Betacam SP). Family series in five parts (of a projected eight) for WDR. Stories from the world of workers intent on using their own initiative.
4:00 p.m. / FILM AND DISCUSSION
GLASHAUS – TV INTERN (Glasshouse – inside TV, WDR broadcast)
Director: Martin Wiebel and Ludwig Metzger (FRG 1973, 45’). Live broadcast discussing television presented by Ludwig Metzger and including Peter Märthesheimer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the film critics Manfred Delling and Josef Rölz. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the longtime film and television dramaturg Martin Wiebel.
6: 00 p.m. / DISCUSSION
Explaining the myth by describing the work
Harry Baer, Barbara Baum and Juliane Lorenz in conversation with Saskia Walker on the production of BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ. The discussion is divided into two sections: 1. Scene analysis of a film excerpt and 2. Live audio commentary accompanying an episode of BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ.
Sunday, October 28, in the .CHB
2:00 p.m. / DISCUSSION
Nadav Lapid in conversation with Nicolas Wackerbarth (in English)
In his debut film HA-SHOTER (POLICEMAN) Nadav Lapid creates an allegory that reflects the current political situation in his homeland of Israel.
4:00 p.m. / DISCUSSION
TV-table: How are series made today?
Dani Musgiller (NDR), Klaus Wolfertstetter, Eoin Moore (POLIZEIRUF 110) and Ralf Husmann (STROMBERG) in conversation with Franz Müller and Ekkehard Knörer.
6: 00 p.m. / DISCUSSION
Working for television with Fassbinder
Günter Rohrbach in conversation with Dietrich Leder and Saskia Walker. Panel discussion on WDR’s collaboration with Fassbinder and the changes in production conditions up to the present day. How was the series BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ realized? What were the internal reasons for abandoning the planned television series DEBIT AND CREDIT (already a focus of HANDS ON FASSBINDER #3)? What were the experiences of those involved in the production of EIGHT HOURS ARE NOT A DAY and WORLD ON A WIRE?
#5 TELEVISION STORIES film program/ Zeughauskino
October 19, 2012 | 9:00 p.m. + October 25, 2012 | 8:00 p.m.
MARTHA (FRG 1974, 116′, 35 mm) by RWF
October 26, 2012 | 7:00 p.m.
FEAR OF FEAR (FRG 1975, 88′, 35 mm) by RWF
October 26, 2012 | 9:00 p.m.
ATTACK ON DEMOCRACY – AN INTERVENTION (G 2012, 102′) by Romuald Karmakar
Further information 1 on HANDS ON FASSBINDER by REVOLVER.
Further information 2 on the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (.CHB).
Further information 3 on the film program in the Zeughauskino Berlin.
Further information 4 on parallel events to HANDS ON FASSBINDER:
Entire program