Riddles of the Sphinx & Amy!

GB 1977-1980, 125 min

One of the most important avant-garde films of the seventies, the first time available on DVD.

Synopsis

Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen are not filmmakers first and foremost; they are film theorists, critics and thinkers. Mulvey and Wollen’s texts from the 1970s set their sights on utopian and revolutionary perspectives. Mulvey emphasizes the gestures necessary for a cinematic liberation struggle, while Wollen draws on the power of fantasy and adopts cinema as a model for a new avant-garde. Both play a role in writing a manifesto for a different kind of cinema, whose militant nature is gained from radical work on (cinematic) symbolization processes.

RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX
Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, GB 1977, 92 min

AMY!
Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, GB 1980, 33 min

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Credits

RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX
Script and Direction
Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen
With
Dinah Stabb, Merdel Jordine, Rhiannon Tise
Cinematographer
Diane Tammes
Montage
Carola Klein, Larry Sider
Music
Mike Ratledge
Sound
Larry Sider
Sound Mixer
Peter Maxwell
Producers
Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen
Production
BFI Production Board

AMY!
Script and Direction
Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen
With
Feminist Improvising Group, X-ray Spex, Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
Cinematographer
Diane Tammes
2nd Camera
Francine Winham
Montage
Larry Sider
Sound Design
Michael Hurd
Sound
Larry Sider
Producer
Laura Mulvey
Production
Modelmark

DVD-Details

Extras
Audio commentary on RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX by Laura Mulvey (English), Video interview with Laura Mulvey (2013, 17 min, English), Sound record audience discussion Berlinale Forum 1977 (Woirld premiere, 60 min, English, German), 52-page booklet (German, English)
Language
English
Subtitles
German
Country code
Region 2
System
PAL Color
Length
125 min (RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX 92 min & AMY 33 min) + 77 min Extras
Aspect ratio
4:3
Sound format
Dolby Digital 2.0
Release date
05.07.2013
Rating
Info-Programm gemäß §14 JuSchG