Timetable -> PL 05

PL-05   Zbig Rybczinski -Video art from the 80's

Screening :

04. 11. 2005 at 16:00 h, Hackesche Höfe Filmtheater 
05. 11. 2005 at 20:00 h, ACUD Kino 
06. 11. 2005 at 20:00 h, Babylon Berlin:Mitte 

THE 10 FILMS OF THE PROGRAM:

The day before

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1984

running time: 01´38 min

An amusing portrait of a drunken, russian cosmonaut and an example of Rybczynski´s mastering of special effects in order to create spectacular, surreal distortions.  more info

The discreet Charm of the Diplomacy

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1984

running time: 02´56 min

Pompous diplomats feasting at a surreal-istic banquet. Under the sumptuously laden table, a menagerie of farm animals forms a noisy parade.   more info

Close to the edit

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1984

running time: 04´30 min

Music clip for the band "The Art of Noise". Rybczynski plays with humorous complaissance and leans towards the aesthetic and philosophy of the traditional avantgard.  more info

Sign of the times

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1984

running time: 04´25 min

Music video for Grandmaster Flash.  more info

Diana D

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1984

running time: 04´00 min

This video for Chuck Mangione, won Rybczynski the Moniter Award for best director in 1985, and the American Video Award for best editing, in 1984.  more info

Hell in Paradise

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1986

running time: 03´30 min

Video for one of Yoko Ono´s greatest hits in the ´80´s.   more info

All the Things she said

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1986

running time: 04´15 min

For this clip for "Simple Minds" Rybczinski uses the instant video process. This allows him to shoot and edit simultaneously. The unusual effect is achieved by copying the images over and over.  more info

Steps

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1987

running time: 26´00 min

Ironic remix of the famous scene on the steps in ´The Battleship Potemkin´. Rybczynski integrates a voyeuristic tourist group into Eisenstein´s film and lets the two realities interact.  more info

Eine Collage: Capriccio No.24, The Orchestra, Manhattan and

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1989

running time: 27´00 min

A collage of Zbig Rybczynski´s masterpieces: Capriccio No.24 (1989), The Orchestra (1990), Manhattan (1991) und Kafka (1992).   more info

Imagine

Director(s): Zbigniew Rybczynski

U S A, 1986

running time: 04´20 min

Accompanied by John Lennon´s song, the camera sweeps through a series of identical rooms, figures come and go, fall in love, separate, give birth and live.  more info
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