Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, Sicilia!, Une Visite Au Louvre

Synopsis

CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH covers the years of Bach’s life from his marriage to Anna Magdalena to his death in 1748. ‘It is at once a love story, a documentary, a socio-political statement, and a film of the music of Bach’ (Richard Roud)'The point of departure for our Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach was the idea of a film in which music would be used - not as accompaniment, nor as commentary - but as raw material... We also wanted to film a love story like no other: a woman talking about her husband who she loved unto his death. That’s the story: no biography can be made without an external point of view, and here it is the consciousness of Anna Magdalena Bach’ (Jean-Marie Straub)

SICILIA! is based on Elio Vittorini’s seminal 1938-1939 anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, banned by the Fascists in 1942. It is a four part film which follows Silvestro, an emigrant who is returning home after years spent in America. His conversations, with his mother, on the train, or with a knife-grinder, supply some of the most intense and memorable moments in contemporary cinema.

In UNE VISITE AU LOUVRE the camera shows us some of the masterpieces held in the Louvre. Julie Koltaï speaks the comments made about the paintings by Cézanne which were put into writing by the poet Joachim Gasquet. The film allows us to appreciate, through their regard and understanding of art, the rigorous filmmaking of Straub and Huillet.

Language

French (Standard)

Country

France

Year of production

2010

Notes

In German, Italian and French, with English subtitles.

Subjects

Art; Music; Politics & government

Keywords

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1635-1750); Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906); Fascism; museums; Louvre, the

Credits

Director

Daniele Huillet; Jean-Marie Straub

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£17.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

202 minutes

Year

2019

Distributor

Name

New Wave Films

Email

info@newwavefilms.co.uk

Web

http://www.newwavefilms.co.uk/contact.html External site opens in new window

Phone

020 3178 7096

Fax

020 3008 6171

Address

10 Margaret Street
London
W1W 8RL

 

Available from retail outlets