Archive of Gazes

GER 1980-93, 330 min

Rüdiger Neumann is a filmmaker and professor at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg whose teaching has influenced two generations of filmmakers, many of whom now play an active role in shaping German cinema today. In the 1980s and 1990s, the HfbK was the only experimental and political alternative to the film schools in Munich and Berlin. Rüdiger Neumann’s controversial Thursday seminars are legendary.

Synopsis

These five key films by Rüdiger Neumann are released for the first time on this DVD.

DVD 1
ZUFALLS-HORIZONTE (Germany 1980, 47 min)
MERIDIAN OR THEATER BEFORE THE RAIN (Germany 1983, 92 min)
ARCHIVE OF GAZES (Germany 1985, 77 min)

DVD 2
NORTHERN LIGHTS (Germany 1988, 69 min)
STONE/LIGHT (Germany 1993, 35 min)
SOUND EXERCISE FILM (Germany 1974, 12 min)

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At the beginning of the 1990s, Rüdiger Neumann, Professor for Experimental Film at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, made his film STEIN/LICHT. In a film seminar held in the mid-90s, he stated that experimental cinema is dead and that he could no longer make films. He no longer did make films. "What is experimental film compared to MTV? Nothing." That that is no longer necessarily true today can be easily discerned in the great variety of current experimental film productions. It was important for him to vehemently defend this stance. After withdrawing from active filmmaking, his turn to the sound studio, which he operated together with Stephan Konken, became increasingly important. His films were rarely screened. He had them shut away like the Arri 2SR. – Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art

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Credits

ZUFALLS-HORIZONTE
Director
Rüdiger Neumann

ARCHIVE OF GAZES
Screenplay
Rüdiger Neumann, Steno
Director, Director of Photography and Producer
Rüdiger Neumann
Produced by
Rüdiger Neumann Filmproduktion (Hamburg), Zweites Deutsches Fersehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
German Premiere
06.11.1985, ZDF

MERIDIAN OR THEATER BEFORE THE RAIN
Director and Producer
Rüdiger Neumann
Produced by
Rüdiger Neumann Filmproduktion (Hamburg)
German Premiere
21.02.1984, Berlin, IFF-Forum

NORTHERN LIGHTS
Director and Producer
Rüdiger Neumann
Produced by
Rüdiger Neumann Filmproduktion (Hamburg), Zweites Deutsches Fersehen (ZDF) (Mainz)
German Premiere
13.12.1988, ZDF

STONE/LIGHT
Director and Screenplay
Rüdiger Neumann
Music and Sound
Stephan Konken
Produced by
Filmton Konken (Hamburg)
German Premiere
12.02.1993, Berlin, IFF

SOUND EXERCISE FILM
Regie
Rüdiger Neumann

DVD-Details

Language
no dialogue (5 films), German (only "SOUND EXERCISE FILM")
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL Color & B/W
Length
330 min
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound Format
Mono & Stereo
Release Date
05.02.2010
Rating
Info-Programm gemäß §14 JuSchG