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16th DMZ Docs(2024)

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Streetscape(Dialogue)

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Heinz EMIGHOLZ

  • Germany
  • 2017
  • 131min
  • 12 +
  • DCP
  • color

Synopsis

Two men sit on the shady raised platform of a brick building somewhere in Montevideo. They are submerged in a conversational marathon that never ceases throughout the entire film. The younger of the two is an analyst; the older man his analysand. The starting point of the six-day marathon is the psychological and physical block that prevents the director from starting a last great film, the "Streetscapes saga".

Review

Streetscape (Dialogue) exemplifies a crucial facet of Heinz Emigholz's diverse filmography. While known for his experimental works influenced by structural cinema and documentaries exploring space and time through architecture, Emigholz has also crafted original narrative films based on scripts. This particular work captures an engaging conversation between two men as they traverse the streets of Montevideo, Uruguay. The script draws from extensive dialogues between Emigholz and Zohar Rubinstein, an Israeli clinical psychologist and trauma specialist. In the film, a young psychoanalyst and an older filmmaker—serving as the authors' personas—engage in a profound discussion about writing and filmmaking. Their conversation begins with reflections on childhoods marked by the ruins of war and trauma, gradually unfolding into deeper explorations of creativity and human experience. As the audience follows this dialogue, two additional protagonists emerge: the city's architecture and the observing camera. This unique interplay encapsulates the essence of Emigholz's vast body of work, which has long been preoccupied with the cinematization of architecture and the complex relationship between trauma and the built environment. Streetscape (Dialogue) serves as the final installment in Emigholz's "Streetscapes" series. 

Director

  • Heinz EMIGHOLZ

    Heinz Emmichholz explores the boundaries between art and film through a variety of mediums, including film and drawing. His early works are experimental from the perspective of architecture, and he was described by Variety as ¡°architecture's most accurate observer¡±. His films document the origins, fate, history, and demise of architectural modernism.

Credit

  • ProducerFrieder SCHLAICH, Irene VON ALBERTI
  • Cast John ERDMAN, Jonathan PEREL, Natja BRUNCKHORST
  • Screenwriter Heinz EMIGHOLZ, Zohar RUBINSTEIN
  • Cinematography Heinz EMIGHOLZ, Till BECKMANN
  • Editor Heinz EMIGHOLZ, Till BECKMANN
  • Sound Rafael ÁLVAREZ, Rainer GERLACH, Markus RUFF, Takis SARIANNIDIS, Christian OBERMAIER