Parabeton
(Photography and Beyond - Part 19 / Decampment of Modernism - Part 1)
Heinz Emigholz – D 2012 – 100 min.
C: Heinz Emigholz – E: Heinz Emigholz, Till Beckmann – S: Christian Obermaier – P: Filmgalerie 451
DCP – no dialogue
"Parabeton" tells of the great Roman concrete buildings from the start of the Common Era and compares them with Pier Luigi Nervi's work, the Italian master of concrete construction. As concrete can be made into many different shapes, the buildings and the domes, slopes and spiral staircases they contain have an innovative, seminal quality. Those familiar with Emigholz's work will note that the skewed camera angles used in the past are replaced by straight-on views. Moreover, the ancient constructions seem more dynamic than those of the last century. Almost devoid of people, the images we know from his preceding films make the ruins from the 1930s to the 70s, the familiar cement constructions of daily life with their play of light and shadow or even the Pope's Audience Hall appear more ghostly than the famous sights of the ancient world. – Berlinale
Manfred Stelzer, geb. 1944 Augsburg.
Darsteller, Regie, Drehbuch, Kamera, Schnitt, Ton, Sonstiges, Produzent
Films (selection): 1978/1979 Monarch – Irren ist sexy 2003/2004 – Ein Schnitzel Für Drei 2008/2009 – Spargelzeit 2010 – Hinkebein 2011/2012