33 min - 506 MB
The circus artist Leni Peickert is planning the circus of the future. She wants to show the animals authentically, and not dressed up as people. In face of the inhuman situation, the artists are to increase the degree of difficulty in their work. But her plan goes awry. Leni Peickert approaches a television company, seeing a knowledge of this special technology as a more suitable basis for her attempt to change the world.


Reformzirkus (1970)
2:06 min - 1.36 GB
You are about to see a discussion that was recorded two weeks ago and did not go as expected. Hans-Geert Falkenberg brought together the director Alexander Kluge, the Munich film critic Siegfried Schober and the journalist and trade union consultant, Dieter Schmidt. The topic was to be the relationship between society and film, in particular with respect to the films of Alexander Kluge. We presented the work of this important young German filmmaker in a number of programmes last week. After about 45 minutes, this discussion to round off our Kluge season took an unexpected turn when editor Georg Alexander passed a note to the presenter. Mr Kluge protested against what he saw as attempted manipulation, and there was a serious quarrel between Georg Alexander and Alexander Kluge, a quarrel recorded by the cameras without the participants' knowledge, and with only a brief interruption of a few seconds. Only after a further 45 minutes was the discussion brought to an end at Alexander Kluge's request. Then, with the cameras switched off, they discussed whether the whole thing should be broadcast. Cameramen and lighting technicians spontaneously joined the debate, and were unanimous in their opinion that the discussion recorded should be broadcast in its full, unedited form. Then the discussion resumed. A small section of blank film marks the interruption. The editor also found an authentic confrontation to be more important than a smooth, academic exchange of views. The following unorthodox recording also poses a question about the form and procedure of televised discussions, and may encourage critical examination of Alexander Kluge's work.


Die traurige Nachricht (Alexander Kluge, 2006)
1 min 22'' - 32 MB

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