Story of Night
It’s a black-and-white record of European cities in the dark (2-5am), from Basle to Belfast. Quiet, and meditative, what emerges most strongly is an eerie sense of city landscapes as deserted film sets, in which the desolate architecture overwhelms any sense of reality. The only reassurance that we are not in some endless machine-Metropolis is the shadow of daytime activity: a juggernaut plunging through a darkened village, a plague of small birds in the predawn light. The whole thing is underscored by a beautiful ‘composed’ soundtrack, from quietly humming streetlights to reggae and the rumble of armoured cars in Belfast. A strange and remarkable combination of dream, documentary and science-fiction.
Year: 1979
Genre: Documentary
Studio: ZDF, Ombra-Film, SRF, INA
Director: Clemens Klopfenstein
Cast:
Crew: Clemens Klopfenstein (Director), Clemens Klopfenstein (Production Manager), Clemens Klopfenstein (Cinematography), Verena Brunner (Sound), Verena Brunner (Production Manager), Serena Kiefer (Writer)
Runtime: 61 minutes
Release: Nov 30, 1979
IMDb: 6.80/10 by 9 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Germany, Switzerland, France
Language: Deutsch
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : artfilm
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