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07/02/08
EYE TO EYE – All about German Cinema
Theatrical release of a documentary on German cinema by Michael Althen and Hans Helmut Prinzler
We’d like to let visitors to our site know about the theatrical release of a special documentary on German cinema. Following its world premiere during this year’s Berlinale, EYE TO EYE – All about German Cinema begins its theatrical release in cinemas throughout Germany on Thursday, 3 July.
In the production notes, the work’s two directors – Frankfurter Allgemeine journalist Michael Althen, and the longstanding erstwhile head of the Deutsche Kinemathek and the Film Museum Berlin, Hans Helmut Prinzler – describe what prompted them to make this film:
"This is a film about our love of cinema; it is a voyage of discovery through one hundred years of German film that reveals how things we believed to be distant and remote are actually very close at hand. EYE TO EYE showcases some of the greatest moments in German cinema history. Unforgettable images unfold before our eyes, rekindling our desire to watch these screen classics once again. Using film excerpts to illustrate their points, acclaimed German filmmakers such as Caroline Link, Doris Dörrie, Michael Ballhaus, Tom Tykwer, Wim Wenders, Dominik Graf, Christian Petzold, Andreas Dresen, Wolfgang Kohlhaase and Hanns Zischler discuss the films that have made a particular impact on them – their inquiry is a journey into the very essence of German film. Layer by layer, this documentary seeks to uncover that which has so often obscured our view of German film history. EYE TO EYE is a tribute to all the things we love about German cinema."
In this documentary, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus talks about working with Rainer Werner Fassbinder on THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN. This feature marks just one of no less than eight of Fassbinder’s films, from all stages of his career, mentioned in the film’s canon of over 250 titles – ranging from 1895 to the present day.
Critical acclaim for this lively documentary – which lays no claim to being the definitive history of German cinema, but rather attempts to provide ‘one version’ of this history – has been consistently encouraging. One reason for this positive response could be that, according to many reviewers, the film is also highly entertaining.
For more details about the film and the theatres where it is on release please go to:
http://www.augeinauge.de
Picture on the left: © Preview Production, München, 2008
The still on the right shows Hanna Schygulla in LILI MARLEEN, © Kineos, 2008
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