SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY
by Gustav Deutsch
Austria 2013 93 min. English original version
mon 18 nov 8:00 pm Caligari FilmBühne
Script: Gustav Deutsch, DoP: Jerzy Palacz, Editor: Gustav Deutsch, Production: KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, Producer: Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Cast: Stephanie Cumming, Christoph Bach, Florentin Groll, Elfriede Irrall, Tom Hanslmaier
Shirley is a woman in America in the 1930s, ’40s, ’50s and early ’60s. A woman who would like to influence the course of history with her professional and socio-political involvement. A woman who does not accept the reality of the depression years, World War II, the McCarthy era, race conflicts and civil rights campaigns as given. Deutsch combines the story of Shirley with 13 paintings of Edward Hopper.
"Iconic American painter Edward Hopper is such a household god that oil-on-canvas reproductions of his work are sold online; why not, then, attempt to bring his art to life through the magic of cinema? In SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY, Austrian filmmaker, architect and experimental artist Gustav Deutsch scores a remarkable success in reproducing 13 of Hopper’s most famous oil paintings on film, setting off his own meticulous production design with the brilliant lighting by cinematographer Jerzy Palacz." (The Hollywood Reporter)
Biography: Gustav Deutsch was born in Vienna/Austria in 1952. From 1970 to 1979, he studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology. Between 1980 and 1983, he was a member of the Medienwerkstatt Wien, during which time he met Hanna Schimek, with whom he has collaborated since 1984 under the name "D&S". Since 1983, Deutsch has been a member of the international artists’ group "Der Blaue Kompressor – Floating & Stomping Company" (DBK). In 2003, he became the artistic director of the Aegina Academy in Athens/Greece.
Filmography (selection): 1998 FILM.IST, 2002 FILM IST. 7-12, 2003 SPECTRUM, 2005 WELT SPIEGEL KINO, 2006 DIE MOZARTS, 2009 FILM IST A GIRL & A GUN, 2013 SHIRLEY – VISIONS OF REALITY
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