Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet was born on May 1, 1936 in Paris, France. She was a director and editor, known for Sicily! (1999), Class Relations (1984) and The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968). She was married to Jean-Marie Straub. She died on October 9, 2006 in Cholet,... Read full bio →
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Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, Costa records with great sensitivity and insight the exacting process by which the two re-edit their film Sicilia!, discussing and arguing over each cut and its effect.
Cézanne - Dialogue avec Joachim Gasquet (Les éditions Bernheim-Jeune)
A landmark work of symbolistic imagery. The words that the filmmakers speak offscreen are imaginary conversation with Cézanne quoted from a critique by Joachim Gasquet.
Schwarze Sünde
A companion piece to the earlier film ‘The Death of Empedocles’, 'Black Sin' is an adaptation of the third version of Friedrich Hölderlin’s play ‘Der Tod des Empedokles’.
Cinématon
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011.
Trop tôt/Trop tard
A sequence of shots of rural landscapes accompanied by readings of texts about the struggles of poor farmers.
Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht
A story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, treason and revenge.