HEINZ EMIGHOLZ: THE FORMATIVE YEARS (Vol. I & II)
These two volumes publish, in DVD form, the seven Emigholz films presented in installation versions as part of the FORUM EXPANDED at the Berlin Film Festival in 2010. More recently, the films of Heinz Emigholz have been the subject of a career retrospective at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2014.
filmmaker Heinz Emigholz
Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, of Arsenal Experimental and curator for the Berlinale Forum, writes that Heinz Emigholz's "early films provided a crucial impetus for the international experimental film movement of the 1970s and 80s. They are counted among the few experimental works from Germany which have attained enduring international acclaim. The project THE FORMATIVE YEARS makes visible and accessible a segment of film history, which, in light of upheavals in the analog world and departures toward a digital one, enables discussion of highly contemporary developments."
In addition to the seven early films contained in THE FORMATIVE YEARS [I] & [II], the two DVDs also provide numerous bonus extras, including two extensive interviews with Emigholz, both filmed in 2009: one by Viennese film publicist Stefan Grissemann; the other by filmmaker Klaus Wyborny specifically about the films in the project THE FORMATIVE YEARS and the context of their production in the 1970's.
"From the beginning to the middle of the seventies, I produced a series of films containing a complicated interplay between abstract temporal compositions - that is, film movements - and selected urban and rural landscapes. The films ... consist of thousands of photographs, taken frame- by-frame with a Bolex camera on 16mm film according to a previously established score."
– Heinz Emigholz
Contents
Format: DVD-PAL / Region 0
(No Regional Code)
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HEINZ EMIGHOLZ: THE FORMATIVE YEARS (Vol. I)
(1972-1975)
Director: Heinz Emigholz
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SCHENEC-TADY I
(Germany 1972/73)
• 40 minutes
• B&W
• Silent
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SCHENEC-TADY II
(Germany, 1973)
• 19 minutes
• Color
• Silent
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ARROWPLANE
(Germany, 1973/74)
• 24 minutes
• Color
• Silent
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TIDE
(Germany, 1974)
• 34 minutes
• B&W
• Silent
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SCHENEC-TADY III
(Germany, 1972/75)
• 25 minutes
• B&W
• Silent
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Bonus Material
INTERVIEW BETWEEN HEINZ EMIGHOLZ AND STEFAN GRISSEMANN
(2009)
• 68 minutes
• German with English subtitles
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BROOKLYN BATHROOM PIECE
(1975)
• 14 minutes
• Color
• Sound
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STAIR PIECE
(1975)
• 5 minutes
• Color
• Sound
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• Series of slides.
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HEINZ EMIGHOLZ: THE FORMATIVE YEARS (Vol. II)
(1975-1977)
Director: Heinz Emigholz
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HOTEL
Germany, (1975/76)
• 27 minutes
• B&W
• Silent, sound
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DEMON
(Germany, 1976/77)
• 29 minutes
• B&W, Color
• Sound
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Bonus Material
INTERVIEW BETWEEN HEINZ EMIGHOLZ AND KLAUS WYBORNY
(2009)
• 98 minutes
• German with English subtitles
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SCHUHSTÜCK
(1976)
• 8 minutes
• B&W
• Sound
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TASSENSTÜCK
(1976)
• 3 minutes
• B&W
• Sound
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WANDSBEK GARTENSTÜCK
(1976)
• 15 minutes
• Color
• Sound
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• Series of slides.
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Total Running Time: 06:49:00 (Vol.1 + Vol.2, 2 Discs)
Language: German & English with English subtitles (interviews)
Published By: Arsenal Experimental Edition
Institutional Price: $400 (Vol.1 + Vol.2) (plus shipping)
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