Independently of each other, both Sergei Eisenstein and Bertold Brecht tried their luck in Hollywood – in vain. Beloff has them reincarnated in the form of two lanky youths. By placing the idealistic ideas of these two left-wing thinkers in the mouths of children, Beloff underlines their naivete while reanimating their hopes for the future.
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Lili
Women with a perfect Caucasian skin are filmed beside a colour chart to set the colour balance: exoticism or racism? They are ‘Lilis’ or ‘China… -
Juke–Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams
Film essayist Andersen rescues the Afro-American actor, director and scriptwriter Spencer Williams from obscurity with a striking, plotless montage fi -
The Man from Hong Kong
Attractive collage combining the soundtrack of a 1975 Bruce Lee vehicle with French fashion photography and amateur films from the American middle cla
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 26'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
