Movie
About ‘Song of Ceylon’ by Basil Wright
0.0/10
1975
0h 30m
de
Documentary
Overview
Song of Ceylon was commissioned for the short-lived German TV-series Telekritik and broadcasted in 1975. In Telekritik documentary approaches were analysed and made available for a critique of contemporary TV, its aesthetics and modes of production. Other authors for the series include Hartmut Bitomsky, Rainer Gansera and Klaus Wildenhahn.In the 30-minute movie, Farocki shows and comments on excerpts from the film Song of Ceylon by Basil Wright (and a short segment of Eisenstein's Mexico-fragments). Farocki's voice-over describes part of the movie, focussing on details and montage. He also uses didactic and descriptive drawings and intertitles to confront the classic documentary and its stylistic approaches with contemporary TV.
Director
Harun Farocki
Writers
Harun Farocki
Movie Information
Release Date
October 7, 1975
Runtime
0h 30m
Status
Released
Original Language
de
Production
